The 2013 Human Development Report – "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World" – examines the profound shift in global dynamics driven by the fast-rising new powers of the developing world and its long-term implications for human development. (...)
The 2013 Human Development Report identifies more than 40 countries in the developing world that have done better than had been expected in human development terms in recent decades, with their progress accelerating markedly over the past ten years. The Report analyzes the causes and consequences of these countries achievements and the challenges that they face today and in the coming decades. (...)

The article:
http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/presscenter/events/2013/March/HDR2013.html

The Report:
http://hdr.undp.org/en/

More about:

http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?article4260

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/un-report-human-progress-may-be-reversed-by-c/blog/44364/

http://unipd-centrodirittiumani.it/it/news/UNDP-Presentazione-del-Rapporto-2013-sullo-sviluppo-umano-Roma-14-marzo-2013/2832