RISING FROM THE RUBBLE

Cebu province in the aftermath of Typhoon Odette

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Korea supports UNDP’s Odette relief and recovery efforts

The Republic of Korea has committed to support the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in its response and recovery efforts in communities impacted by Typhoon Odette (internationally named Rai). The partnership will focus on providing immediate relief and long-term resilience-building to affected communities in Dinagat Islands.

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Press release
DICT received Emergency Response Vehicles and Communications Equipment from UNDP

To support the deployment of emergency telecommunications services in vulnerable and typhoon-hit areas, the UNDP Philippines completed the delivery of an initial set of emergency response and telecommunications equipment to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

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Bangsamoro Women at the Helm of Peacebuilding and Community Resilience in BARMM

Throughout the history of the Bangsamoro, the harsh realities of poverty, underdevelopment, and violence amid armed conflict have disproportionately impacted Bangsamoro women. For years, societal narratives seemed to highlight how Bangsamoro women have been negatively affected by violent conflicts.

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A Call to Invest in Nature

We commemorate Earth Day with an important call to action: to invest in nature for the sustainable future of the generations to come. And what a timely call it is.

Increasing global emissions contribute to extreme weather patterns. The onslaught of recent typhoons that swept the Philippines clearly demonstrate the worsening climate crisis, greatly affecting those at the fringes of society.

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Her Stories Beyond Numbers

Women at the Forefront of Typhoon Response and Recovery in the Philippines

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Data for Public Service

BARMM Learns from DevLIVE+ roll out in Vigan City

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Our
mission

UNDP has been working in the Philippines for over 40 years. Today, it continues to strengthen the country’s capacities at the national and local levels to promote democratic governance, sustainable management of natural resources, climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, and resilience and peacebuilding. In all its programmes, UNDP integrates human rights and gender equality, believing that everyone should have equal access to the benefits of development.

Publication

Country Programme Document 2019 - 2023 for the Philippines

The UNDP Philippines' CPD 2019 - 2023 focuses on three key areas of intervention: improving access to social services for the poor, supporting the transition to environmentally sustainable development, and responding to the drivers of conflict.

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Our impact

109

million

population as of 2020

23.7

percent

Poverty Rate as of 2020

39.3

percent

of the total labor force is made up of women.

5.6

percent

GDP growth rate in 2021

28

percent

youth population as of 2020

0.718

HDI

Human Development Report 2020

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