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UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance

Advancing knowledge, data and insight on frontier governance issues

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Barriers to Action: Technical and Practical Constraints to Combating Illicit Financial Flows

Developed as part of UNDP’s Finance, Integrity and Governance (FIG) Initiative, this paper focuses on key practical and technical constraints to tackling IFFs. It is intended as an aide to stakeholders engaged in the implementation of illicit finance-focused FfD4 commitments. The report identifies five constraints and offers recommendations for how these may be overcome.

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Global Progress Report on Sustainable Development Goal 16: Indicators on Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

This report brings together contributions from all UN custodian agencies in a single, comprehensive document. It presents the best regional and global data available across all SDG16 targets that the UN system can offer. The data, statistics and accompanying analysis spotlight trends that have and will continue to shape our world, policy pathways and underscore the urgent need for action to reverse negative trends and to foster a more just and sustainable future.

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The Gambia - 2025 SDG Monitoring Survey

The 2025 SDG Monitoring Survey, conducted by the Gambia Bureau of Statistics, tracks progress on Sustainable Development Goal 16 (peace, justice, and strong institutions) and related SDG indicators. Findings show positive trends, including reduced discrimination and improved access to dispute resolution, especially for women and in rural areas. Satisfaction with public services is high, but challenges persist: women and rural communities face higher risks of violence, perceptions of safety have declined slightly, bribery remains, and few believe decision-making is inclusive. The results offer valuable insights for strengthening governance and the rule of law. Further details are available in the survey methodology report, which describes the sampling approach and data collection for the 2025 SDG Monitoring Survey in The Gambia. The implementation of the survey was funded by Denmark, Luxembourg, and the Republic of Korea.

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Mission Statement

The UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance is the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) dedicated knowledge, research and analytical centre for governance issues. From its office in Oslo, Norway, the Centre draws on the experience of practitioners, policymakers and researchers, serving as a convener of new ideas, conduit of frontier research, and connecter of disciplines. Through these efforts, the Centre aspires to be a conversation starter and meeting space that fosters transformative change in governance systems at national and global level. 

Focus Areas

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Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Strengthening the Evidence-base for Achieving Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

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Fair, Green Transition

Unpacking the Political Economy of Fair, Green Transitions

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Information Integrity

Information Integrity for an Open, Inclusive Public Sphere and Informed Civic Engagement

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Financial Integrity

Financial Integrity and Economic Governance for Inclusive, Accountable and Effective Governance Systems

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Public Services Satisfaction (PSS) App

PIONEERING CHANGE: Ghana's Bold Leap into Citizen Science for Public Service Satisfaction!
In a pioneering move towards citizen-centric data collection, we have now launched a groundbreaking pilot project in Ghana to measure SDG Indicator 16.6.2 through Citizen Science. With an app that empowers everyone, including people with disabilities, to report and enhance satisfaction with public services.

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Our oceans depend on accountable, inclusive and transparent governance

Effective marine and coastal conservation relies on governance institutions that ensure inclusion and participation, uphold accountability and the rule of law, and ensure transparency while controlling corruption and illegal practice. This is the main findings in a new report from UNDPs Global Policy Centre for Governance and The German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), which investigates how the quality of governance helps protect our world’s ocean.

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Addressing the information pollution crisis with the power of open source

The Digital Public Goods Alliance and the United Nations Development Programme are collaborating to discover and promote open-source solutions and concepts that can help tackle the urgent global challenge of information pollution. They will showcase this at the Nobel Prize Summit “Truth, Trust and Hope,” hosted by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation. Submissions are now being accepted.

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Mapping and Analysis of Efforts to Counter Information Pollution in Europe and Central Asia Region

Hope of finding work is the leading factor driving people to join fast-growing violent extremist groups in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new report launched today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the contribution from UNDP Oslo Governance Centre.

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