City Human Potential Ranking 2023
Overview
The BRICS countries and the states seeking to join this union focus on rapid development, capitalizing on the size and quality of their populations.
The City Human Potential Ranking (CHPR) evaluates the cities that are leaders in development within these countries based on criteria that are significant for concentrating and harnessing the potential of their populations as the foundation for their socioeconomic development.
The CHPR 2023 report was published in December 2023. The full report was released on January 18, 2024.
Purpose
CHPR was developed as a tool for mayors and city administrations to monitor, review, and adapt their human capital policies to meet the challenges of the modern world and the future through the implementation of the“lifelong learning (LLL)” concept. In other words, CHPR helps identify gaps in human capital management and address them.
However, the authors hope that the CHPR will be more than just an analytical tool. We hope it will raise awareness among city administrations of the need to invest more in human capital and serve as a call to action to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, in the spirit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Education 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
Approach
The formation and expansion of large cities and urban agglomerations, along with the increasing concentration of human potential, are among the key determinants of socioeconomic processes and development trends.
The proposed methodological approach makes it possible to assess the level of concentration of a population’s potential in cities and to evaluate how human potential is shaped and realized through cities’ institutional and infrastructural capacities.
CHPR is based on two complementary dimensions of analysis:
- People for the City: Evaluating the Quality and Prospects for Developing the Population’s Potential.
- A City for the People: Evaluating the Opportunities Provided by Urban Institutions for the Development and Realization of the Population’s Potential
Through this lens, the three categories are analyzed, which include the following groups of indicators centered on the concept of “population potential” (PoP)
Education
- PoP concentration in education
- PoP Concentration in the Lifelong Learning System
- Diversification of PoP Concentration in the Education System
- Special “PoP concentrations” in the education system
Labor market
- Overall PoP Concentration in the Labor Market
- Diversification of PoP Concentration in the Labor Market
- Special “PoP concentrations” in the labor market
Technologies
- General PoP concentration in the digital infrastructure
- General PoP concentration in the use of digital technologies
Contact
Guillermo Sosa Gómez
chpr@up.edu.mx