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UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 170 countries and territories, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.

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Engineering Tech Cell Serbia

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We design, test and scale solutions to complex issues.

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National Human Development Report – Serbia 2022

The Government of the Republic of Serbia has recognised demographic change as a priority and boldly initiated new conversations on this topic, as well as making concrete investments in several critical areas – such as infrastructure, digital transformation, and education. This National Human Development Report aims to shed new light on a highly complex set of challenges and opportunities related to population change and to offer an enlarged landscape for policy action.

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Green Finance in the Post-Pandemic World

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacts societies, economies and business around the world. Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), as the backbone of Serbian economy, are particularly vulnerable to the economic consequences of the pandemic. Returning to business as usual after the pandemic is not an option in the face of the ongoing climate and biodiversity crises. As a result, the concept of green recovery has emerged, with the aim to “build forward better”. Green economy transition and the financing for recovery from COVID-19 is a major challenge, but also an opportunity for changing unsustainable patterns of resource consumption. This publication offers practical insights into challenges and opportunities associated with Serbian MSMEs green investments. To identify the existing potentials, shortcomings, and needs that MSMEs have in making green investments, UNDP Serbia and EU Delegation performed a qualitative and quantitative research in the period September 2020 - February 2021 with the Serbian MSMEs, commercial banks and international financial institutions (IFIs). The results allow for drawing concrete measures for businesses, domestic financial sector and policy makers in order to scale-up sustainable finance for MSMEs in Serbia while supporting the post COVID-19 recovery of the economy.

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Serbia in numbers

6.87m

(SORS; 2020)

Population

0.806

(UNDP; 2019)

Human Development Index

19.366$

(The World Bank; 2020)

GDP per capita

10,4%

( Serbian Statistical Office; 2020)

Unemployment Rate

40,8%

(National Assembly; 2017)

Women in parliament

26.3%

(World Bank; 2021)

Renewables in final energy consumption