UNDP Asia Pacific Annual Report 2020-2021

Slide Deck: Explore the Key Findings

As COVID-19 affects all human development dimensions, UNDP realigned programmes and budgets to address immediate emergency needs, without losing sight of longer-term aims like pulling people out of poverty, strengthening accountable and inclusive governance, building resilience, promoting solutions for a sustainable planet, and fostering diversity and gender equality.

The world was confronted by the ultimate disrupter in the form of a global pandemic that laid bare and intensified the development deficits that already existed. Gains in attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals were stopped in their tracks, and in many cases reversed. COVID-19 highlighted the integrated and interlinked nature of development issues and sectors, where progress in one area cannot be achieved without simultaneous and coordinated work in others. The pandemic also triggered new ways of thinking and collaborating. It provided avenues to harness the power of existing and emerging digital technologies to fight COVID-19, empower citizens to work remotely and transform the way governments connect with citizens. Innovative use of technologies has spurred a rethink and a reimagining of the way we do development and has offered an opportunity to ‘build back better.’

As Afghanistan struggles to climb out of a humanitarian crisis, its people are desperately seeking work to support their families. UNDP’s ABADEI programme is helping to provide that support in sustaining livelihoods, across the country.

Pakistan’s new National Human Development Report is focused on inequality and how we can address the gap between the rich and the poor, men and women, and how everyone can achieve their full potential, including measures of wellbeing.

A look at the impact of COVID-19 in Cambodia, and how UNDP projects, its partners, and digital technology helped blunt that impact and supported families across the country to meet their daily needs.

To cope with the rising costs of combatting climate change, the Government of Indonesia has issued the Green Sukuk, an innovative financing solution to achieve its climate goals. The Green Sukuk has raised more than USD 3.9 billion, to help bridge Indonesia's climate financing gap.

Every year Bangladesh’s coastal areas are battered by extreme weather events linked to climate change. A UNDP is helping build resilience of communities in those areas, protecting lives and sustaining livelihoods.

Actor, director and 'Mr. Perfect' Aamir Khan LIVE on UNDP's Karma Dialogues talking about his inspiring work on social justice and the environment.