This is the sixth NHDR produced since 1998. The theme of the 2007 edition is the HIV and AIDS pandemic. The report looks carefully at general status of HIV and AIDS in Mozambique, its different facets and causes, its historical evolution, how it is regarded by society and its potential impact on the public and private sectors. The report finds that HIV and AIDS are exacerbating the problems of poverty, malnutrition, low educational levels and gender disparities, thus threatening the attainment of the MDGs as well as slowing growth and development.

The Human Development Report 2007/2008 shows that climate change is not just a future scenario. Increased exposure to droughts, floods and storms is already destroying opportunity and reinforcing inequality. Meanwhile, there is now overwhelming scientific evidence that the world is moving towards the point at which irreversible ecological catastrophe becomes unavoidable. Business-as-usual climate change points in a clear direction: unprecedented reversal in human development in our lifetime, and acute risks for our children and their grandchildren.

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were drawn up during the Millennium Summit held in New York on 6-8 September 2000, and consolidated through the “Road map towards the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration: Secretary-General’s Report to the General Assembly” in 2001.
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"Globalization has fundamentally altered the world economy, creating winners and losers. Reducing inequalities both within and between countries, and building a more inclusive globalization is the most important development challenge of our time."

- Kemal Dervis, UNDP Administrator

This year’s edition outlines the new Administrator’s vision for UNDP. It focus on the importance of pro-poor policies for development, highlighting UNDP’s key role of working alongside countries to develop their capacities for healthier, better educated and prosperous communities. The report also reviews the outcome of the 2005 World Summit and detail UNDP’s support for UN reforms. The report showcases UNDP successes in the five practices as well as in the empowerment of women, South-South cooperation and building partnerships.