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The "Global Education Monitoring Report 2022 - Gender Report: Deepening the Debate on Those Still Left Behind" presents fresh insights on the progress towards gender parity in education with respect to access, attainment and learning. It showcases the results of a new model that provides coherent estimates, combining multiple sources of information, on completion rates. [...]

Ecosystem Restoration and Conservation for Resilient Livelihoods in the Rupa Lake Watershed of Nepal This report by the United Nations Environment Programme - International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-IEMP) presents the case study of the impact of two initiatives implemented over the recent past on local livelihoods in Rupa Lake watershed area, Nepal. The report focuses [...]

Exploring the Role of Gender Equality in Addressing Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem Restoration and Food Security This joint report by the United Nations Environment Programme - International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-IEMP) and Li-Bird in Nepal analyzes how gender equality has been integrated in policies, institutions, and interventions to address multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). [...]

According to the global nutrition report 2020 published by UNICEF, almost a quarter of all children under 5 years of age are stunted. At the same time, overweight and obesity are increasing rapidly in nearly every country in the world. Glaring inequalities are reported as amongst the root causes. Underweight is a persisting issue for [...]

International relations have become more multipolar over the past decades, as seen in the increasing political and economic prominence of countries such as India and China, divergences between large developed countries and regions, and the continued emergence of the global South. This is a trend long underway, but with renewed impetus via the spontaneous economic [...]

This thematic paper on “South-South Cooperation and the Gender Equality Factor in the Emerging Multilateralism” was published by Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), in collaboration with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). The paper highlights the potential of South-South cooperation (SSC) in catalysing efforts towards the [...]

BUILDING FORWARD FAIRER: Economic Policies for an Inclusive Recovery and Development This year’s edition of the UNESCAP's flagship Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific revisits macroeconomic and structural policies and lays out a road map for inclusive post-pandemic recovery and development – a “Building Forward Fairer” policy agenda. As developing countries in [...]

This handbook by the United Nations Office of Counter-terrorism (UNOCT) features different examples in which the Global South has played a central role in developing regional instruments and mechanisms in the field of CT/PVE, whether through locally developed solutions that address the root causes of conflict or by creating momentum for regional commitment to international [...]

From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to its global spread, the crisis has had negative impacts on individuals, communities, and societies, particularly on the most vulnerable people in the Global South. As a result, subnational governments in provinces, cities, districts, and communities find themselves on the front line of coping with the pandemic and [...]

Since 2013, UNDP Mexico, as a sustainable development partner and South South Cooperation (SSC) facilitator, has accompanied the institutional strengthening of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) through the AMEXCID-UNDP Cooperation Program (PROCAP). PROCAP has contributed to the strengthening of the Mexican international development cooperation policy through a series of initiatives aimed at [...]