Asia-Pacific continues to grapple with widespread multidimensional poverty, and may be vulnerable to a new set of inequalities emerging around higher education and climate resilience.
Ms. Wignaraja, who is from Sri Lanka, was appointed as Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator of the UNDP by the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The Government of India took an important step toward its goals for low-carbon, climate-resilient development today with the kick-off of a US$43 million project to build climate resilience of millions of people living in the coastal states.
The influence and significance of South-South and Triangular Cooperation in tackling development’s toughest challenges.
A range of UNDP initiatives to tackle plastic waste, through changes in policy, innovation, stronger monitoring and changes in consumer behaviour.
Following massive rallies around the world for climate action,
young people highlight plans to mobilize and accelerate action
UNDP's Climate Promise
UNDP is scaling-up our support to countries through “UNDP’s Climate Promise: Ambition, Acceleration and Mobilization.” UNDP will provide support to 100 countries to accelerate the enhancement of national climate pledges by 2020, building on our climate action portfolio in over 140 countries. And we are developing new ways of mobilizing all people to inform climate action.
Podcast: UNDP’S New Plan for a New Era
Joseph D’Cruz, UNDP Senior Advisor, Strategy and Planning; and Francine Pickup Deputy Country Director for UNDP in Indonesia, discuss UNDP’s new Strategic Plan, and Platform Thinking to support countries across the world, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. UNDP in Asia and the Pacific delivers country and regional programmes in 36 countries through 24 UNDP Country Offices and the Regional Centre to help empower lives and build resilient nations.
Empowering People And Promoting Inclusion And Equality For All Leads To Greater Sustainable Development
Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality is critical to realizing sustainable development, said a joint report Accelerating Progress: An Empowered, Inclusive, and Equal Asia and the Pacific by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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About Asia and the Pacific
18%
Women in parliament
400 million
People Living in Extreme Poverty
25%
Population Living in Multidimensional Poverty
$26 trillion
Infrastructure Investment Needs
