“Humane development through research and action” – guided by this mission, HDRC tries to accomplish the following:

• Accelerate the learning process of human development
• Design and implement high quality research, studies and training in the field of human development
• Implement human development activities
• Pro-actively participate in policy forums
• Disseminate research, study and programmatic findings, nationally and internationally
• Contribute in all possible ways to promote exchange of best practices in the diverse field of human development.

The major domain of HDRC’s interest covers policy and strategy research, operations research, survey, evaluation, assessment, technical assistance, training, communication; and actions in the fields of population, health, reproductive health, primary health care, education, gender, human resource development, human rights, development of indigenous people, land, agriculture, rural development, micro-credit, environment, management and marketing.