UNDP’s flagship report, The Next Great Divergence: Why AI May Widen Inequality Between Countries, highlights how these pressures are playing out most visibly in Asia and the Pacific, a region marked ...

Data on the Financial Implications of Corporate Human Rights Performance This study - authored by UNDP and supported by the World Benchmarking Alliance - challenges the long-held belief that strong ...

The report calls for a fundamental recalibration of global security and development strategies, prioritizing diplomacy and international cooperation to reverse the current trend of escalating military ...

A new UNDP report titled “Disruption, Diversification, and Divergence: Adapting Development Strategy to a Shifting Trade Landscape in Asia and the Pacific” warns that Asia-Pacific countries are ...

Amid conflict, economic instability, and shrinking opportunities, many young people in Myanmar are looking beyond the country’s borders. This first report in UNDP’s Myanmar Youth Series examines ...

The 2025 Equator Prize winners exemplify this year’s theme, “Nature for Climate Action,” with a special focus on youth- and women-led climate action. NEW YORK - On the International Day of the World’s ...

New York/ Geneva/ Rome/ Gaza, July 12, 2025 - The United Nations warns that the fuel shortage in Gaza has reached critical levels. Fuel is the backbone of survival in Gaza. It powers hospitals, water ...

This is a follow-up publication to the book titled “ ABS is Genetic Resources for Sustainable Development ” released in 2018 by UNDP and the Global Environment Facility. This new publication provides ...

This report builds on UNDP’s 2022 study Livelihoods Hanging by a Thread to provide an updated picture of Myanmar’s garment workers, four years after the military takeover. Based on 667 interviews in ...

This report paints a sobering picture of the state of Afghanistan’s economy and the livelihoods and wellbeing of the Afghan people. The economy grew for the first time since the Taliban’s take-over of ...

Mental, neurological and substance use conditions, including depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, epilepsy, dementia and alcohol-use disorders, pose a significant challenge in the Philippines. In ...

Home Lebanon Publications Economic and Social Consequences of The Escalating Hostilities In Lebanon - October 2024 - Rapid Appraisal ...