Human Development
Report 2013
The Rise of the South:
Empowered lives.
Resilient nations.
Human Progress in a Diverse World
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Human Development Report 2013 team
Director and lead author
Khalid Malik
Research and statistics
Maurice Kugler (Head of Research), Milorad Kovacevic (Chief Statistician), Subhra Bhattacharjee, Astra Bonini, Cecilia
Calderón, Alan Fuchs, Amie Gaye, Iana Konova, Arthur Minsat, Shivani Nayyar, José Pineda and Swarnim Waglé
Communications and publishing
William Orme (Chief of Communications), Botagoz Abdreyeva, Carlotta Aiello, Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, Jean-Yves
Hamel, Scott Lewis and Samantha Wauchope
National Human Development Reports
Eva Jespersen (Deputy Director), Christina Hackmann, Jonathan Hall, Mary Ann Mwangi and Paola Pagliani
Operations and administration
Sarantuya Mend (Operations Manager), Ekaterina Berman, Diane Bouopda, Mamaye Gebretsadik and Fe Juarez-Shanahan
The Human Development Report Office
The Human Development Report is the product of a collective effort under the guidance of the Director, with research and statistics, communications and publishing staff, and a team supporting national
References: Key to HDI countries and ranks, 2012 New forms of cooperation Human Development Index trends, 1980–2012 3