By Haoliang Xu, Director, Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, UNDP We live in a dynamic world, where great progress has been made. Yet the gulf between rich and... read more →
By Lucile Gingembre, Project Coordinator, Preparedness for Disaster Recovery, UNDP Africa Regional Centre When mega-hurricane Katrina hit the United States 12 years ago, I remember staring in amazement at my TV screen. I... read more →
Few would disagree with protecting our fragile and increasingly under-pressure environment, nor with the joys of getting back to nature - especially since more than half of us are now... read more →
By Jacinda Fairholm, Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor, UNDP The most read New York Times article in 2016 was, ‘Why you will marry the wrong person.’ In a follow-up podcast, author Alain de Botton... read more →
By Roy Small, Policy Analyst, HIV, Health and Development Group, BPPS, UNDP Ask the person behind you what the public health enemy number one is. Chances are the answer will be... read more →
By Sulan Chen is Programme Advisor- International Waters and Chemicals & Waste Management – UNDP On 25 September 2015, world leaders adopted the comprehensive and ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since... read more →
By Benjamin Kumpf, Innovation Policy Specialist, UNDP and Lori Foster, Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, North Carolina State University Should you take the medication you need every day at the designated time? Should you... read more →
Kick-starting action on the recently-adopted Global Forest Goals to protect, sustainably manage and increase world’s forest area will be a key focus for delegations gathered in New York for the twelfth session... read more →
Even though more than 2.3 million fatalities and 300 million accidents resulting in injuries are estimated to occur in workplaces around the globe each year, the actual impact remains largely... read more →
Vaccinations stave off 26 potentially deadly diseases, the United Nations health agency is emphasizing on the first day of World Immunization Week, which also marks the halfway point of the... read more →