The 2023/24 Human Development Report assesses the dangerous gridlock resulting from uneven development progress, intensifying inequality, and escalating political polarization, that we must urgently ...

The military escalation in the Middle East poses significant risks to economic stability and human development across Asia and the Pacific through its effects on energy markets, trade, and global ...

Flooding is the most common and recurring disaster in Nigeria. The damage and losses recorded during the 2012 flood disaster were severe; however, the 2022 floods, which were on a multidimensional ...

This discussion paper examines how drug policy affects sustainable development, human rights, governance, health, and the environment. It underscores that punitive enforcement has largely failed, ...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines have produced a report to identify the strategic areas where local ...

SDG 16 (highlights the need for peaceful societies, access to justice and effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. Its realization is essential for achieving all SDGs, ...

Continuing with the practice from the previous years, HDRO is making public the statistical programs used in the calculation of the 2025 Multidimensional Poverty Index for a large selection of ...

Viet Nam is a country that is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change (CC). Viet Nam has a coastline of about 3,260 km and a sea area of about 1 million km2, including Paracel and the ...

Free and safe spaces for civic engagement are the cornerstones of a vibrant and inclusive society. They allow people to shape public decisions that affect their lives and engage in dialogue with ...

This project seeks to support adaptation efforts of Egypt in the Nile Delta which is identified by the IPCC in its Fourth Assessment Report as one of the world’s three “extreme” vulnerable hotspots.

UNDP’s work in 2024 is living proof that investing in development makes things possible. By connecting prosperity, climate, energy, nature, resilience, innovation and digitalization, we are reaching – ...

The DREI framework was launched in 2013 with the publication of the original DREI report, focusing on utility-scale renewable energy. This report sets out th ...