The correct answer is the Human Development Report, 1997. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • The Human Poverty Index (HPI) was an indication of the poverty of a community in a country, developed by the United Nations to complement the Human Development Index (HDI). • It was first reported as part of the Human Development Report in 1997. Hence option 2 is Correct. Related Concepts: • It was considered to better reflect the extent of deprivation in deprived countries compared to the HDI. • In 2010 it was supplanted by the UN's Multidimensional Poverty Index. • The HPI concentrates on the deprivation in the three essential elements of human life already reflected in the HDI: • longevity • knowledge • A decent standard of living. • The HPI is derived separately for developing countries (HPI-1) and a group of select high-income OECD countries (HPI-2) to better reflect socio-economic differences and also the widely different measures of deprivation in the two groups.