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Arab Human Development Report 2016 (Arabic language)

Series: Arab Human Development Report (Arabic language)
( Print: February 2017, PDF: August 2016 )

The Arab Human Development Report (AHDR) 2015 addresses the development challenges facing youth (15-29 years) in the Arab region. Historically the current youth generation is the largest youth cohort...

The Arab Human Development Report (AHDR) 2015 addresses the development challenges facing youth (15-29 years) in the Arab region. Historically the current youth generation is the largest youth cohort...


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The United Nations World Water Development Report 2003

Water for People, Water for Life

Series: The United Nations World Water Development Report
( Print: April 2003, PDF: April 2003 )

WWDR1 is targeted to all those involved in the formulation and implementation of water-related policies and investment strategies, as well as to professionals at all levels. Although it offers a broad...

WWDR1 is targeted to all those involved in the formulation and implementation of water-related policies and investment strategies, as well as to professionals at all levels. Although it offers a broad...


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World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development

Global Report 2017/2018

( PDF: April 2018 )

Across the world, journalism is under re. While more individuals have access to content than ever before, the combination of political polarization and technological change has facilitated the rapid...

Across the world, journalism is under re. While more individuals have access to content than ever before, the combination of political polarization and technological change has facilitated the rapid...


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Reshaping Cultural Policies

Advancing Culture for Development

( Print: April 2018, PDF: April 2018 )

The Global Report series has been designed to monitor the implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005). It also provides...

The Global Report series has been designed to monitor the implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005). It also provides...


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The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023

Partnerships and Cooperation for Water

Series: The United Nations World Water Development Report
( Print: March 2023, PDF: March 2023 )

This publication describes how building partnerships and enhancing cooperation across every dimension of sustainable development are essential components to accelerating progress towards realizing the...

This publication describes how building partnerships and enhancing cooperation across every dimension of sustainable development are essential components to accelerating progress towards realizing the...


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UNESCO Courier - Transforming Ideas

Selected Articles - Volume I: Thinkers

( Print: January 2022, PDF: January 2022 )

Throughout UNESCO’s 75 years of existence, never before has the Courier, UNESCO’s flagship magazine, published an anthology, in book form, with such scope and scale. These two volumes bring together...

Throughout UNESCO’s 75 years of existence, never before has the Courier, UNESCO’s flagship magazine, published an anthology, in book form, with such scope and scale. These two volumes bring together...


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UNESCO Courier - Transforming Ideas

Selected Articles - Volume II: Creators

( Print: January 2022, PDF: January 2022 )

Throughout UNESCO’s 75 years of existence, never before has the Courier, UNESCO’s flagship magazine, published an anthology, in book form, with such scope and scale. These two volumes bring together...

Throughout UNESCO’s 75 years of existence, never before has the Courier, UNESCO’s flagship magazine, published an anthology, in book form, with such scope and scale. These two volumes bring together...


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Reimagining our Futures Together

A New Social Contract for Education

( Print: December 2021, PDF: January 2022 )

The interwoven futures of humanity and our planet are under threat. Urgent action, taken together, is needed to change course and reimagine our futures. Education, long acknowledged as a powerful...

The interwoven futures of humanity and our planet are under threat. Urgent action, taken together, is needed to change course and reimagine our futures. Education, long acknowledged as a powerful...


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2022 Special Report on Human Security

New Threats to Human Security in the Anthropocene: Demanding Greater Solidarity

( Print: March 2022, PDF: February 2022 )

The report finds a development conundrum. Despite people on average living longer, healthier, and wealthier lives, these advances have not succeeded in increasing people’s sense of security. This is...

The report finds a development conundrum. Despite people on average living longer, healthier, and wealthier lives, these advances have not succeeded in increasing people’s sense of security. This is...


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Arab Human Development Report 2022 (Arabic language)

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

Series: Arab Human Development Report (Arabic language)
( 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...

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...


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Arab Human Development Report 2022

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

Series: Arab Human Development Report
( 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...

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...


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Global Education Monitoring Report 2021/2

Non-state Actors in Education: Who Chooses? Who Loses?

Series: Global Education Monitoring Report
( Print: November 2022, PDF: October 2022 )

Non-state actors’ role extends beyond provision of schooling to interventions at various education levels and influence spheres. Alongside its review of progress towards SDG 4, including emerging...

Non-state actors’ role extends beyond provision of schooling to interventions at various education levels and influence spheres. Alongside its review of progress towards SDG 4, including emerging...


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Global Education Monitoring Report 2019

Migration, Displacement and Education – Building Bridges, not Walls

Series: Global Education Monitoring Report
( Print: May 2019, PDF: December 2018 )

The Report examines the education impact of migration and displacement across all population movements: within and across borders, voluntary and forced, for employment and education. It also reviews...

The Report examines the education impact of migration and displacement across all population movements: within and across borders, voluntary and forced, for employment and education. It also reviews...


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Trapped: High Inequality and Low Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

Trapped: High Inequality and Low Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

Regional Human Development Report 2021

( PDF: April 2023 )

Latin America and the Caribbean is a region of great contrasts, where wealth and prosperity coexist with vulnerability and extreme poverty. The list of contrasts is long and familiar. The region is...

Latin America and the Caribbean is a region of great contrasts, where wealth and prosperity coexist with vulnerability and extreme poverty. The list of contrasts is long and familiar. The region is...


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The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020

Water and Climate Change

Series: The United Nations World Water Development Report
( Print: March 2020 )

This publication illustrates the critical linkages between water and climate change in the context of the broader sustainable development agenda. Supported by examples from across the world, it...

This publication illustrates the critical linkages between water and climate change in the context of the broader sustainable development agenda. Supported by examples from across the world, it...


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Global Ocean Science Report 2020

Charting Capacity for Ocean Sustainability

( Print: February 2021, PDF: February 2021 )

The world ocean is a life-supporting system for humanity, yet it remains largely unknown. Based on data collected from around the world, the Global Ocean Science Report 2020 offers a global record of...

The world ocean is a life-supporting system for humanity, yet it remains largely unknown. Based on data collected from around the world, the Global Ocean Science Report 2020 offers a global record of...


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Engineering for Sustainable Development

Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals

( Print: March 2021, PDF: March 2021 )

This publication highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs by presenting case studies and approaches of the innovations that are shaping our world. Providing a...

This publication highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs by presenting case studies and approaches of the innovations that are shaping our world. Providing a...


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The United Nations World Water Development Report 2021

Valuing Water

Series: The United Nations World Water Development Report
( Print: March 2021, PDF: March 2021 )

Water is a finite and non-substitutable resource. As the foundation of life, societies and economies, it carries multiple values and benefits. But unlike most other natural resources, it has proven...

Water is a finite and non-substitutable resource. As the foundation of life, societies and economies, it carries multiple values and benefits. But unlike most other natural resources, it has proven...


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The United Nations World Water Development Report 2022

Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible

Series: The United Nations World Water Development Report
( Print: March 2022 )

Accounting for approximately 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth, groundwater has the potential to provide societies with tremendous social, economic and environmental benefits and opportunities...

Accounting for approximately 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth, groundwater has the potential to provide societies with tremendous social, economic and environmental benefits and opportunities...


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Human Development Report 2021/2022 (Arabic language)

Human Development Report 2021/2022 (Arabic language)

Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World

Series: Human Development Report (Arabic Version)
( PDF: December 2022 )

Continuing the thread of the 2019 and 2020 Human Development Reports (HDRs), the 2021/22 HDR carries forward a conversation centered on inequalities while integrating other important themes related to...

Continuing the thread of the 2019 and 2020 Human Development Reports (HDRs), the 2021/22 HDR carries forward a conversation centered on inequalities while integrating other important themes related to...