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UNDP Urges Swift Action and New Directions to Advance Asia-Pacific's Human Development

The 2024 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report, launched today, paints a qualified picture of long-term progress, but also persistent disparity and widespread disruption, foreseeing a turbulent development landscape and urgently calling for new directions to boost human development.

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News

Let communities lead: HIV law and policy reform by and for key populations in Asia and the Pacific

New SCALE Initiative grants supporting key population-led organizations to remove barriers to HIV services in Nepal, Philippines and Thailand.

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Blog

Why tobacco on World Mental Health Day?

On World Mental Health Day, it is crucial that we recognize and take action to address the interconnected double burden of mental health conditions and tobacco use.

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Impact Story

UNDP offices lead efforts towards Gender Equality, reinforced by a flagship Gender Seal Programme

UNDP country offices are tracking their performance on gender equality with the help of a flagship Gender Seal programme that measures progress on wide-ranging criteria including management and staffing inside the office, and the design and impact of UNDP’s interventions on the ground.

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Debt-for-nature swaps could offer relief to Asia-Pacific economies facing sovereign debt crisis, say experts

The United Nations Development Programme organized a high-level event to explore strategies for developing countries to avert sovereign debt crises by investing in nature and conservation initiatives and, in turn, supporting progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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A woman walks along a train track in Yangon, Myanmar

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Myanmar Development Observatory: Collecting, analyzing and disseminating data

UNDP’s Myanmar Development Observatory improves the understanding of the impact of social, economic and political changes on people and communities, which helps organizations to design evidence-based programming to reach the most marginalized.

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A women works at small tailoring business supported by UNDP in western Afghanistan. Credit: UNDP/Afghanistan

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UNDP warns that restrictions on women’s rights will worsen economic catastrophe in Afghanistan

Despite some improvements in economic indicators in 2022, growth remains below the levels required to break the poverty trap. Decisions restricting women’s education and work threaten a reduction in aid with grave consequences

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Kanni Wignaraja: Costs of delayed development and re-securing the UN’s Development Role in unsettled times

Read UNDP Regional Director Kanni Wignaraja's essay in the latest edition of the Financing the United Nations Development System report.

International Women's Day

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Gender Equality today for a Sustainable Tomorrow Reflecting on our resolve to make transformative changes in our society so that one’s gender is no longer an obstacle to achieving their dreams.

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Events

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE RESILIENT PAKISTAN

The Conference will bring together Governments, leaders from the public and private sectors and civil society to support the people and the Government of Pakistan after the devastating floods of 2022.

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Global crises further threaten progress on SDGs: ADB-UN report

The convergence of multiple global crises is further jeopardizing Asia and the Pacific’s ability to achieve the SDGs by 2030, says a report.

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What we do

UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet. 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 countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.