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The 2025 United Nations (UN) Human Development Report published earlier this month reveals an unprecedented slowdown on the Human Development Indices (HDI) in all regions of the world, along with ...

“Among the most significant contributions of UNDP are the development of the key pillars of a market economy, but also of democracy and accountability.” For half a century, the United Nations ...

Achieving the core promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a society where no one is left behind – means making progress on their implementation at the national and local levels. While ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds a lot of promise but also carries enormous risks. Aptly titled “The Great Divergence,” the UNDP Regional Human Development Report (RHDR) warns that, without decisive ...