This paper explores the persistent trade and development challenges faced by landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), including high transport costs, limited market access, and economic reliance on a ...

Kabul, Afghanistan – August 2025 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with funding from the Republic of Korea, has officially launched the Relief, Employment and Vital Infrastructure for ...

Human development is about expanding the richness of human life, rather than simply the richness of the economy in which human beings live. It is an approach that is focused on people and their ...

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development ...

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development ...

The ripple effects of the war in Ukraine have disrupted energy and food markets. This paper estimates the potential effects of food and energy inflation on global poverty and vulnerability and ...

On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through its Equator Initiative, proudly announces the ten winners of the Equator Prize 2025 ...

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) has emerged as a viable means of addressing these challenges. Drawing on stakeholder consultations, country case studies and independent research, this study ...

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