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COVID-19: PwC partners with UN Development Programme on private sector strategies for pandemic recovery
UNDP and firms from global professional services network PwC will join forces on private sector and finance strategies to help with the socio-economic recovery following COVID-19.
South Africa’s GDP could plunge 8 percent this year because of pandemic
South Africa, with one of the world’s highest COVID-19 infection rates despite some of the toughest measures to contain the pandemic, could see overall GDP plunge nearly 8 percent this year, a new…
UNDP and the European Union enter the largest agreement to improve the economic and social wellbeing in Yemen
EU and UNDP have signed a partnership agreement aimed at improving the economic and social wellbeing of Yemenis. The EURO 69.8 million partnership will be the largest of its kind.
‘Best of the last’ tropical forests urgently need protection - joint study by UNDP, NASA and WCS
The world’s ‘best of the last’ tropical forests are at significant risk of being lost, according to a joint paper- A policy-driven framework for conserving the best of Earth’s remaining moist tropical…
Digital finance, a lifeline during COVID-19 crisis, can deliver long-term financing of the Sustainable Development Goals
Unleashing potential of digital finance could have transformational impact on sustainable development says group of financial, business, government and development leaders convened by the UN…
New Partnership with GCF to reduce deforestation and carbon emissions in Ghana
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved US$54.5 million Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions project to address the alarming deforestation and forest degradation challenges in the Northern…
New partnership with GCF to support 3.7m Sudanese with water and food security
Government of Sudan, Green Climate Fund, UNDP sign grant to support 3.7m people with climate-resilient water and food security.
Global Goals Week 2020: Partners Unite in Call to Recover Better Ahead of Sustainable Development Goals’ 5th Anniversary
Global Goals Week (18-26 September, plus an expanded calendar throughout September and early October) will take place virtually this year, focusing on making this a turning point to recover better for…
UNDP and FAO hold first virtual dialogue on youth digital innovation solutions for food and agriculture
The UNDP Global Centre in Singapore and FAO recently co-hosted the first virtual Digital Innovation Dialogue on Youth Digital Innovation Solutions for Food and Agriculture.
Kyrgyz Republic could see GDP plunge 10 percent as a result of COVID-19, as domestic violence surges
The COVID-19 pandemic and measures to contain it have caused joblessness and domestic violence to spike in the Kyrgyz Republic, with GDP expected to sink by 10 percent in 2020, according to a new…
