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06 Sept 2006
   

The International Human Development Indicators Report

 
   

 


It is the pleasure of the Planning Council to introduce the 2007 Human Development Report. The report monitors fundamental changes in education, health and economic activity, and what was achieved by the State and Civil Society Organizations.

 
   

The report as well expresses the directions of the State of Qatar in care for Qatari human being, who represents the key element in human development, and he as well target and aim of development and the main beneficiary of development.

The United Nations expressed its interest in monitoring human development path around the world, and issuing an international report since 1990. This report reflects competition of nations toward development and progress and providing decent life for the people, through calculating human development index, which is based on standard indicators express numerically the reality of what each state presented to its people.

 
   

Human Development was measured according to the following indexes:

 
   

Life Expectancy at Birth.

Education (literacy rate, enrolment rate in primary, secondary and higher education).

Gross Domestic Product.

 
   

Efforts of the State of Qatar accomplished tangible results in health services, illiteracy eradication, education advancement in all stages and improvement of living standards. All these efforts resulted in achieving Qatar and advanced rank internationally, where it was rated as one of the high human development countries, and was ahead of all Arab States in the previous report. We hope that progress of the State of Qatar continues in leading the Arab region and the world in this year report.

 
   

The report comprises of the following chapters:

 
   

Human Development Index..

Human Poverty.

Demographic Trends.

Commitment to Health.

Water, Sanitation and Nutritional Status.

Health Crisis and Changes.

Survival: Progress and Setbacks.

Literacy and Enrolment.

Technology and Creation.

Economic Performance.

Inequality Income and Consumption.

Structure of Trade.

Flows of aid, Private Capital and Debt.

Revenues, public spending.

Energy and environment.

Refugees and Armaments.

Gender-Related Development.

Gender Empowerment Measure.

Gender Inequality in Education.

Gender Inequality in Economic Activity.

Womens Political Participation.

Status of Major international Human Rights Instruments.

Status of Fundamental Labor Rights Conventions.

 
   

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