For every dollar pledged to tackle climate crisis for world’s poor, four dollars are spent on fossil fuel subsidies that keep the climate crisis alive according to new UNDP research
Afghanistan’s nominal GDP is likely to contract by 20 percent within a year, according to a new socioeconomic report by UNDP.
Urban poverty in Myanmar will triple under the combined threat of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing political crisis, a new survey from UNDP finds.
At the COP26, the United Kingdom announced £274 million for a new Climate Action for a Resilient Asia (CARA) programme.
Bhutan turns its focus to ensure that no children between the ages of 12-17 are left behind in being vaccinated.
This is the first of 'Tsunami Story Books', a series of illustrated real-life stories from the Asia-Pacific for children.
UNDP sets up 20 mobile health teams to provide critical health care services to thousands of internally displaced people.
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.
How we're responding to the COVID19 Outbreak
We have been supporting countries since the very early stages of this crisis, having donated more than two million surgical masks and providing life supporting medical equipment such as x-ray machines, infrared thermometers, infusion pumps, protective suits, gloves and hand sanitizer.
What we do
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 25 UNDP Country Offices and the Bangkok Regional Hub to help empower lives and build resilient nations.
Accelerating Universal Digital Connectivity
Universal connectivity is a fundamental element of an inclusive and sustainable world; thus, as with income inequality and other human development indicators, digital inequality trends must be reversed. Universal, affordable broadband availability can largely improve a population’s quality of education, healthcare, standards of living, and more. Digital inequalities disproportionately impact low-income populations, people living in rural areas and small island developing nations, those who lack literacy and digital skills, and people from traditionally disenfranchised groups, such as women and girls, persons with disabilities, and ethnic minorities.
This paper discusses how addressing digital inequality should be at the forefront of the public and private sectors’ agenda. Efforts should include expanding accessibility, creating relevant content, enabling digital literacy, and ensuring affordable connectivity and digital solutions, therefore better preparing individual countries and the global community, as a whole, for a more connected, inclusive and sustainable future.
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18%
Women in parliament
400 million
People Living in Extreme Poverty
25%
Population Living in Multidimensional Poverty
$26 trillion
Infrastructure Investment Needs
