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The People’s Republic of China is a founding member State of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The country has ratified 26 Conventions, which include four Fundamental Conventions, two prioritized Governance Conventions, and 20 Technical Conventions. The ILO and China have a long-standing partnership that has intensified in recent years on South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) [...]

In an increasingly uncertain world, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a point of reference and a road map, and South-South and triangular cooperation have become ever more important for mobilizing additional resources for implementation of the Agenda, for increasing cooperation capacities and for providing flexible solutions to development challenges. The outcome of the [...]

This report explores how regional cooperation and integration (RCI) can be enhanced in Asia and the Pacific to help the region build back resiliently and sustainably from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The report reflects on lessons learned from efforts to tackle the pandemic through regional cooperation and integration. It provides insights on how region-wide [...]

UNCDF’s work in financial health is centered on enhancing people’s financial security, independence and thus well-being, which in turn contributes to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNCDF’s mission is to improve the financial health of the most vulnerable, by helping to align incentives for the private and public sector to [...]

This report by UNCDF is the fourth in the series to evaluate progress in the implementation of MAP informed national financial inclusion strategies and was developed with significant engagement and support from the five participating SADC countries. The intention with this report is to allow for the ongoing tracking of financial inclusion progress in these [...]

This guidance note from UNCDF is about immediate responses to the COVID-19 recommended for local governments. It is advisory and generic and can be adapted to individual circumstances. It is focused on responses that can be implemented in days and weeks, rather than months and years. This fourth edition includes an expanded section on Operational [...]

COVID-19 threatens to undo progress achieved towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) over the past five years. Even before the current crisis, LDCs were unlikely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will now almost certainly not be realised without far-reaching finance and policy responses. The development [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the fragility and unsustainability of global and local food systems. The pandemic has worked as an accelerator of the sense of urgency to take bold commitments towards the transformation of food systems in order to bring back SDG2 (Hunger eradication) on track. A consensus exists that structural transformations [...]

According to the Duke University Centre for International Development, entrepreneurship is one of the most effective drivers of economic growth and development, spurring innovation, creating jobs, driving investment, and lifting the quality of life for entire economies. By leveraging the positive feedback loop between innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development, countries can build pathways to sustainable [...]

RIAFCO, an innovative network of LGFIs from across Africa, was created in 2014 with precisely this aim in mind. The network, which currently has seven members, seeks to foster peer-to-peer institutional and technical exchange, to promote inspiring practice, to disseminate innovative models and to give its members a voice in international processes and with technical [...]