This report, developed by UNDP’s Global Policy Centre for Governance in collaboration with UNDP Nigeria and South Africa, examines the role of civic participation in shaping just energy transition ...

Kathmandu/New York, 1 September 2026 – Floods and mudflows along Nepal’s Bhote Koshi–Trishuli river system have left at least 2.2 million tonnes of debris within the analysed areas, according to a ...

This report draws on workshops, stakeholder sessions, and in-country engagements with eleven countries and territories conducted through UNDP’s AI Trust & Safety Re-imagination Programme. It does not ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is inviting applications from CreativeTech startups across Africa to join timbuktoo Launchpad through the timbuktoo Creatives Hub, hosted in South ...

UNDP estimates that 1.7 million structures were in affected areas, including large numbers in the hardest-hit states. Caracas/New York, 26 June 2026 – Caracas/New York, 26 June – The earthquakes that ...

The military escalation in the Middle East poses significant risks to economic stability and human development across Asia and the Pacific through its effects on energy markets, trade, and global ...

The recent military escalation in the Middle East is exposing the structural vulnerabilities of the Arab States region. The estimates highlight a stark reali ...

⊲ Ethiopia continues to move forward on macroeconomic stabilization in a complex global environment. The IMF has successfully concluded the Fourth Review a ...

By the end of 2024, China's population aged 65 and above had reached 220 million, accounting for 15.6% of the total population. The Chines ...

UNDP’s flagship report, The Next Great Divergence: Why AI May Widen Inequality Between Countries, highlights how these pressures are playing out most visibly in Asia and the Pacific, a region marked ...

This discussion paper examines how drug policy affects sustainable development, human rights, governance, health, and the environment. It underscores that punitive enforcement has largely failed, ...

The report calls for a fundamental recalibration of global security and development strategies, prioritizing diplomacy and international cooperation to reverse the current trend of escalating military ...