is volume brings together the collection of papers that The book is divided into three sections: BLconceptual foundations comprising classic papers by Sen,Haq, and Streetan BLmeasurement which discusses the methodology for constructing the human development index and other aspects such as political freedom, gender inequality and poverty BLpolicy explorations which includes a collection of articles from previous reports An essential reader for students, researchers and policy-makers, this book is an invaluable resource. The book is divided into three sections: BLconceptual foundations comprising classic papers by Sen, Haq, and Streetan BLmeasurement which discusses the methodology for constructing the human development index and other aspects such as political freedom, gender inequality and poverty BLpolicy explorations which includes a collection of articles from previous reports An essential reader for students, researchers and policy-makers, this book is an invaluable resource.