Nepal human development report released

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Kathmandu, May 15 : Nepal Thursday released its 2014 Human Development Report, titled 'Beyond Geography, Unlocking Human Potential', in Kathmandu.

The report came after Nepal had committed to developing from a least developed to a middle-income country by 2022.

For the first time in Nepal, the report attempts to assess productive capability at the levels of regions, households and individuals as determined by development efforts of the last two decades, Xinhua reported.

"Human development is all about expanding capabilities and unlocking human potential uniformly across all regions and social groups," Pitamber Sharma, team leader of the Nepal Human Development Report 2014, said.

The report calls for enhancing skills of the population while bridging the regional and group divide.

Sharma noted that even though human development index (HDI) values have improved over the years, inequalities based on geography, social groups, gender and household well-being persist in the Himalayan nation.

In an interview with Xinhua, Sharma particularly stressed on the need for creating a bridge linking prospective employers with skilled population.

"Nowadays, a large proportion of the working age population is employed in occupations which are not matching their true abilities," he said.

He added that Nepal must make sure that labour migrants were safe and fairly remunerated. Similarly, UN Assistant Secretary General and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Director Haoliang Xu, in a visit to Nepal, underlined the importance of converting the country's human resources potential into a reality.

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Nepal human development report released