OXFAM and Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation release report today on Louisiana
A Portrait of LOUISIANA: Louisiana Human Development Report 2009 A new report commissioned by Oxfam America and the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, with funding from Oxfam America and the Foundation for the Mid South, shows Louisiana ranks 49th among U.S. states and Washington, D.C. on the American Human Development Index, with wide disparities within the state. This new study examines disparities by parish, race, and gender in Louisiana, and calls for action to address the acute human vulnerability that persists today, four years after Hurricane Katrina.
Read the Media Release (Word Doc, 75 KB)
Read the Full Report (PDF, 4.9 MB)
Read the Executive Summary (PDF, 757 KB)
Create Maps for over 50 indicators
Download the Data Tables (Excel, 132KB)
A Portrait of LOUISIANA: Louisiana Human Development Report 2009
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