Arab Human Development Report

This series engages institutions and citizens in the Arab countries in analysis and discussion about the factors which shape the choices and freedoms available to people across the region, so as to foster understanding and consensus around regional and national development priorities. They also identify disadvantaged groups within the region, and suggest policies, strategies and opportunities for their empowerment. The Reports target policy-makers, opinion leaders and civil societies who are engaged in the search for a brighter future across the region.

Status Active

Print ISSN 1992-7622

Online ISSN 2520-2189

Language(s)

English

Subject Economic and Social Development

DOI 10.18356/1db838ae-en

Arab Human Development Report 2002

Creating Opportunities for Future Generations

( Print: August 2002, PDF: July 2002 )

This report, the first regional Human Development Report (HDR) for the Arab States, focuses on the people of the Arab world, particularly the citizens of the 22 member states of the Arab League, from...

Arab Human Development Report 2003

Building a Knowledge Society

( Print: November 2003, PDF: July 2003 )

The Arab Human Development Report Series aims at building human development in the Arab world. The 2003 report surveys the most salient trends that influenced the process of human development in 2002...

Arab Human Development Report 2004

Towards Freedom in the Arab World

( Print: April 2005, PDF: July 2005 )

The new edition of the Report describes free societies, in their normative dimension, as fundamental contrasts with present-day Arab countries. Caught between oppression at home and violation from...

Arab Human Development Report 2005

Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World

( Print: December 2006, PDF: July 2007 )

Gender inequality is generally recognized as one of the main obstacles to development in the Arab Region. This volume of the Report focuses on the history and contemporary dynamics of Arab women's...

Arab Human Development Report 2009

Challenges to Human Security in the Arab Countries

( Print: August 2009, PDF: September 2011 )

Like the first Arab Human Development Report, this fifth volume in the series undertakes a broad diagnostic of the state of development in Arab countries, this time through the lens of human security...

Arab Human Development Report 2016

Youth and the Prospects for Human Development in a Changing Reality

( Print: January 2017, PDF: December 2016 )

This report addresses the development challenges facing young people in the Arab region. The current young generation is the largest this region has had over the past 50 years, making up 30% of its...

Arab Human Development Report 2022

Expanding Opportunities for an Inclusive and Resilient Recovery in the Post-COVID Era

( Print: September 2022, PDF: June 2022 )

The Arab Human Development Report 2022 focuses on post-COVID recovery, assessing long standing development challenges across the spheres of governance, society, and economy—tackling aspects of gender...