The 2014 Human Development Report - Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience provides a fresh perspective on vulnerability and proposes ways to strengthen resilience.

According to income-based measures of poverty, 1.2-billion people live with $1.25 or less a day. However, according to the UNDP Multidimensional Poverty Index, almost 1.5-billion people in 91 developing countries are living in poverty with overlapping deprivations in health, education and living standards. And although poverty is declining overall, almost 800-million people are at risk of falling back into poverty if setbacks occur. Many people face either structural or life-cycle vulnerabilities.