Human Development Report 2021/2022
Continuing the thread of the 2019 and 2020 HDRs, 2021/22 HDR carries forward a conversation centered on inequalities while integrating other important themes related to uncertainties in the Anthropocene:
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Leaving no one behind: impact of COVID-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This groundbreaking research considers impact of COVID-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using futures modeling in three potential recovery scenarios, capturing the multidimensional effects
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Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on women migrant workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on domestic migrant workers in India. To address the gendered impact of the pandemic on migrant workers, this brief presents the key findings from a survey
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Mitigating poverty: global estimates of the impact of income support during the pandemic
This paper reconstructs the full welfare distributions from household surveys of 160 countries, covering 96.5 percent of the global population, to estimate the pandemic-induced increases in global poverty
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Toward new policies for the climate change and violent extremism nexus in Africa
As part of the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre’s (OGC) initiative to further support advancement of the research agenda on Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE), the OGC partnered with the Regional PVE Project
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COVID-19, Coup d'Etat and Poverty: compounding negative shocks and their impact on human development in Myanmar
Myanmar, a least developed country, has made significant achievements in poverty reduction over the last decade. Despite such achievements, analyses of available data prior to the COVID-19 pandemic show
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Through the pandemic and beyond: UNDP, AUC and Africa CDC respond to COVID-19 in Africa
A new report by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and UNDP showcases the evolving partnership in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The brief report features the exemplary
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Consideration for Integrating Nature-Based Solutions in Nationally Determined Contributions Illustrating the Potential Through REDD+
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is a key nature-based solution (NBS) for the forest sector. Drawing on lessons from UNDP’s support to REDD+ countries over the past
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Analysing long-term socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 across diverse African contexts
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed over 100,000 African lives and nearly 4 million cases have been recorded so far. Africa’s COVID-19 story is one of nuances. Only 10 countries account for over 80% of all
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Bangladesh’s citizens climate budget report 2020-21
The report presents data and information mainly extracted from the climate budget report titled Climate Financing for Sustainable Development 2020-21 published by the Finance Division. Its purpose is to
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Socio-economic impact assessment of Covid-19 in Mauritius
This report was developed with the technical leadership and financial support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as part of the advocacy efforts of the wider United Nations System led