For the April 16th class, I will ask you to examine the Human Development Report 2000. It's a fairly long report so you will probably neither want to print it out nor read it on the screen. Fortunately, Davis Library has a copy in the reference section: HD 72 .H85 2000. There's also a copy in storage (not quite sure why) and one on CD-Rom. After the first chapter dealing with human rights and human development, the next five chapters deal with "the ongoing global struggle for human rights." There's a lot of material here and you will have to pick and choose, but do sample it.

In particular, please look at the FAQs on the Human Development Indices. This explains the several indices UNDP has developed: the Human Development Index, the Human Poverty Index, the Gender Empowerment Measure, and the Gender-related Development Index. In particular let's look at the Human Development Index. Chapter 5: Using Indicators for Human Rights Accountability begins with the sentence "Statistical indicators are a powerful tool in the struggle for human rights." It then describes how these indicators are tools for various purposes. I think this would be a good chapter to read. Two very long appendices (Human Development Indicators and a second part with more tables) also provide a long note on the use of statistics in the Human Development Report. The major sources of data used are listed and the problems of lack of accurate data in general and in specific areas (e.g. measuring literacy) are also discussed. This is followed by a short essay on what the human development indices reveal and then pages on pages of tables comparing countries on these various measures. You will enjoy looking at the data for the countries you have chosen. This material is worth examining.

In addition to some time spent with the report and indices (and comparing the approach and components of the indices to the Kearney Globalization Index we looked at three weeks ago), we will begin sharing information you have gathering on your country reports. Leslie Sult has selected two countries (Israel and Syria) from the Middle East for comparison purposes. She has agreed to go first on the 16th. We will begin with her report if she is ready. As Kim is her "silent partner", I will ask Kim to lead off the questions/discussion period.

Other reports are scheduled as follows:

Date	Person Presenting	Country	Silent Partner
April 23	Christine Stachowicz	Europe - Poland	Karen McPhaul
April 23	Chad McGougan	Europe - Russia	Emily Stambaugh
April 23	Cynthia Merrill	Europe - Russia (Health)	Jessica Kilfoil
April 30	Emily Stambaugh	Europe - Spain, Holland & Canada	Nicole Urquhart
April 30	Karen McPhaul	Africa - Ghana & West Africa	Sambhavi Cheemalapalati
April 30	Kim Duckett	Africa - South Africa	Cynthia Merrill
April 30	Sambhavi Cheemalapalati	Africa - Egypt	Christine Stachowicz

We still have the three from Latin America (Nicole, DeeDee and Sean) and the two from Asia (Jessica and Kristen) to schedule on either the 23rd or the 30th as the 30th is our last class.

Revised 4/10/2001.