A quarter (24.1%) of people living in eight of Yangon's poorest townships have often not had any income in the last 12 months, a new UNDP report shows.
The social and economic integration of Venezuelan people who have arrived in Peru represents a significant challenge for the national authorities, but one which also entails huge potential for local development.
There are nearly 8,000 people in Kazakhstan reported to be stateless or at risk of statelessness, but the real numbers may be even higher. Here are the stories of two families who made it through the severe social and economic hardships of being undocumented.
This is an overview of the perspective of the Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General for the Transforming Education Summit: Leonardo Garnier, originally from Costa Rica, outlines the genesis of the current crossroads in education, with particular emphasis on the Latin American and Caribbean region.
Celebrated annually on 8 September, International Literacy Day promotes the importance of literacy as a fundamental human right and aims to advance global efforts towards a more literate, equal, and inclusive society. In recent years, digital literacy has become an increasingly important part of the education and learning process; providing a generation of learners the writing, reading and technical skills to navigate our digital world.
The high-level week provides a timely opportunity to support Gabon on this journey; advocate for climate justice, mobilize more support from the international community, strengthen partnerships and exchange new ideas on how to scale-up climate action across the continent and deliver on the promises on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In his blog, UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Imran Riza explains that early recovery and resilience programming has been at the core of the UN team’s work over the last few years.