UNDP today launched the Africa Borderlands Centre (ABC) in Lodwar, Kenya. The Centre is a new initiative aimed at providing research, policy analysis and programming dedicated to Africa’s borderlands.
The new UNDP study, Informality and Social Protection in African Countries: A Forward-looking Assessment of Contributory Schemes, provides an overview of extension practices in Africa through seven country case studies.
African Union and UNDP launch “AU at 20” Study to review progress ahead of the AU’s 20th anniversary
The project will undertake a data-driven study to assess progress and chart a renewed call to action towards achieving Agenda 2063 (The Africa We Want) and the UN’s Agenda 2030.
The Government of Mauritius has entered into Commitment Purchase Agreement with the GAVI Alliance - a global health partnership of public and private sector organizations dedicated to “immunisation for all” - to provide 507,200 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for a total amount of USD 5,350,960 through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility.
UNDP, European Union (EU) and partners of the Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI) joined governments, companies, scientists, NGOs and young people worldwide today at the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 to launch a two-year €1 million grant supporting the Africa Adaptation Initiative.
“We don’t wear masks not because we don’t want to, but because we cannot afford to buy them.”
Informality and Social Protection in African Countries: A Forward-looking Assessment of Contributory Schemes
In recent years, African governments have made significant efforts to develop a range of contributory social protection schemes that cover workers in the informal economy. This report aims to provide an overview of these extension practices in the region through seven country case studies selected to illustrate the range of emergent design practices.
UNDP Renewed Strategic Offer In Africa
UNDP's Strategic Offer in Africa supports Africa’s people, its governments and institutions as they seek to consolidate recent gains and effectively address the challenges that remain. These include persistent inequalities, weak governance institutions, climate change, rapid population growth, stalled industrialization and rising violence.
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47%
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$1,871
Per capita income
0.4837
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