"The mission of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) is to advance human development. The goal is to contribute towards the expansion of opportunities, choice and freedom. The office works towards this goal by promoting innovative new ideas, advocating practical policy changes, and constructively challenging policies and approaches that constrain human development. The office works with others to achieve change through writing and research, data analysis and presentation, support to national and regional analysis and outreach and advocacy work.
The Human Development Report Office is supported by an Advisory Panel which provides strategic guidance and feedback to the team in preparation of the 2012 and 2013 Human Development Reports."

"The Center for Human Development (CHD) at Beaumont Children’s Hospital is committed to using a multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach to diagnose and treat children and young adults who experience developmental, behavioral, and learning challenges. The broader mission of CHD encompasses community outreach, research, and professional training."

"Developmental psychology now looks at the entire life span; from conception to death and generally divides a typical life into nine developmental stages. Although the traditional stages described by Piaget (cognitive), Freud (sexual), Erikson (task-oriented choices), and others are still used, there is a greater emphasis today on adulthood and the second half of life. Transpersonal psychology has adopted two models or paradigms that demonstrate the developmental stages of humanity from a transpersonal viewpoint. These models are Jung's spiral model and Wilber's linear model. It is likely that both models will be discussed and used by different psychologists for some time, depending upon their personal preferences."