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As war in Gaza enters seventh month, 1.74 million more Palestinians will be pushed into poverty across State of Palestine according to United Nations assessment

UNDP and ESCWA estimate more than two-decades reversal in human development— beyond earliest recorded levels of 2004

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SWM
Publication
Situational Report- UNDP/PAPP's Emergency Response to Solid Waste Management

The ongoing war has led to the complete collapse of the solid waste management system in Gaza. There is no access to the two sanitary landfills, and as internally displaced persons (IDPs) move from place to place seeking refuge, waste accumulates at more than 141 temporary dumping sites.

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Publication
UNDP/PAPP's Emergency Response to Solid Waste Management

The collapse of solid waste management in Gaza requires an urgent response. UNDP conducted this assessment (June 2024) in order to design an effective strategy as part of the UN response.

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UNDP Partners with Leading Digital Payment Service Providers to Strengthen Digital Financial Solutions in Gaza
PRESS RELEASE
UNDP Partners with Leading Digital Payment Service Providers to Strengthen Digital Financial Solutions in Gaza

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PRESS RELEASE
Mizan II System Secured the Second Place in the Runner Up to the SDG Digital “GameChangers” Award 2024

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Expert View
Solid Waste Crisis in Gaza: UNDP/PAPP Expert View

The ongoing war in Gaza has drastically worsened the situation, leading to a collapse of the waste management system. To shed light on the current situation and UNDP's response efforts, we spoke with Hala Othman, Programme Analyst in Environment and Employment Generation at UNDP/PAPP Gaza office.

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NEWS
A silent threat: Gaza’s struggle with solid waste management

The war in Gaza led to a dire humanitarian condition, profoundly affecting the lives of its 2.2 million people – loss of life, property and desperate need of food, dignified shelter and medical care.

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Story
Navigating the Socio-Economic Resilience Journey in Jerusalem Old City

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PRESS RELEASE
The United Nations Development Programme and the European Union sign an agreement of EUR 5 million to support Al Makassed Hospital and Augusta Victoria Hospital

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Stories
“I know this will end, and I pray I can start over.”

Rafah City is sheltering the majority of the 1.9 million Palestinians who have been forced from their homes during the war, now in its fourth month.

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NEWS
Voices from the frontlines

In the desolate southern reaches of Rafah, amidst the biting cold of winter, Mustafa Al-Bayed, a tenacious TV correspondent, weaves a story of resilience against the backdrop of an unrelenting war in the Gaza Strip.

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NEWS
Neighbouring countries in the Arab States region face socioeconomic downturn from war in Gaza, new rapid assessment shows

UN Development Programme and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia warn that human development could regress by at least 2 to 3 years in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon

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Statement
UNDP Statement on the war in Gaza

Following a brief humanitarian ceasefire, we are seeing a dramatic and horrific escalation of destruction in both scope and speed in Gaza.

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Stories
Gaza: ‘In this war, everything is different’

Fighting has resumed in Gaza after a temporary humanitarian truce that allowed desperately needed assistance to reach people displaced by the war.

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Stories
Life in Gaza under war, through Iman’s eyes

In Gaza, a place where resilience and uncertainty intertwine in the daily lives of its people, Iman Husseini, the Assistant Special Representative of UNDP’s Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People, has dedicated her life to serving her fellow Gazans as they deal with many challenges

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Stories
The day I return home

“Imagine a mother cradling her children at night, the fear of separation looming like a shadow. Trying her best to protect herself and her family, so that they do not become a memory. Yet, our story is only a memory now, but the future has yet to be written."

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Press Release
Poverty in the State of Palestine set to soar by more than a third if war continues for a second month

UN Development Programme and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia warn that up to 16 years of human development could be wiped out

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Statement
Statement by UNDP Administrator on situation in Israel and Gaza in the occupied Palestinian territory

As violence intensifies and civilian casualties rise, I am deeply saddened and concerned about the tragic loss of lives and the wellbeing of people in Israel and Gaza in the occupied Palestinian territory. I extend my deepest condolences to the families of all those affected.

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NEWS
UNDP Administrator’s statement in response to 22 December Security Council resolution

I join the Secretary-General in the hope that the latest Security Council resolution will clear the way for a humanitarian ceasefire, as necessary to urgently meet the desperate needs of people in Gaza and to end this worsening catastrophe.

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NEWS
Statement on the killing of UNDP staff member and family in Gaza

I am deeply saddened to announce the death of our UNDP colleague and his family in Gaza today.

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New Publication

UNDP/PAPP's Emergency Response to Solid Waste Management

The collapse of solid waste management in Gaza requires an urgent response. UNDP conducted this assessment (June 2024) in order to design an effective strategy to respond to this crisis as part of the UN response.

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New Report

Gaza War: Expected Socio-Economic Impacts on the State of Palestine

The war in Gaza continues unabated well past its first month, leaving behind massive losses of life and infrastructure damage and forcing displacements of unprecedented scale.

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Who we are

UNDP’s Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP) derives its mandate from the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 33/147 of 20 December 1978. Called upon by United Nations Member States in that year, UNDP was requested “to improve the economic and social conditions of the Palestinian people by identifying their social and economic needs and by establishing concrete projects to that end”. UNDP/PAPP is a responsive development agency that works together with the Palestinian people to fulfil their aspiration for sustainable human development based on self-determination, equality and freedom.

Stats & figures

4.9

million

population

25

percent

poverty rate

29

percent

unemployment

.708

Human development index

2

million

Palestinians are considered food insecure

75.3

percent

urban population