Indeed, the critics of the HDI and their concerns have stimulated – and proceed to stimulate – changes to the index and the event of companion indices which assist paint a broader image of world human development. The Sustainable Development Report (including the SDG Index & Dashboards) is a complement to the official SDG indicators and voluntary country-led review processes. It makes use of publicly available knowledge printed by official data providers and other organizations including research centers and non-governmental organizations. Interest within the international SDG Index and Dashboards has spurred many initiatives to develop localized assessments of SDG progress...

Partner with rural and Tribal communities to create jobs and economic progress in rural America.Today, although rural and Tribal communities throughout the country are asset-rich, greater than 8 in 10 persistent poverty counties fall outside of a metropolitan space. President Biden also is proposing to transform the method in which the federal authorities partners with rural and Tribal communities to create jobs and spur inclusive economic progress. Rural communities usually don’t have the same price range as big cities to hire workers needed to navigate and access federal packages. On prime of that, they should navigate a myriad of packages all with completely different functions and requirements...