2010 Human Development Report: 40 Year Trends Analysis shows Poor Nation Making Faster Developent Gains.

20th anniversary UNDP report finds long-term progress in health, education not determined by income; introduces new indicies for gender, poverty, inequality

United Nations, 4 November, 2010 - Most development nations made dramatic yet often underestimated progress in health, education and basic living standards in recent decades, with many of the poorest countries posting the greatest gains, reveals a detailed new analysis of lont-term Human Development Indes (HDI) trends in the 2010 Human Development Report, released here today.