Looking back, 2019 seems like a year from a much simpler era. But just like the decade it ended, it was a year of turbulence.
City by city, people came onto the streets to protest rising inequality, stretched social services, a deficit of trust and a damaged climate. Today, a few short months later, the same streets are quiet, and life has changed utterly for billions
of people on the planet.
Last year, through an intense period of UN reform, UNDP worked hard to support the people of 170 countries and territories around the world to get on their feet and stay there.
“We continued to push the boundaries of how we think, deliver, invest and manage as #NextGenUNDP to deliver on our Strategic Plan, reaffirming UNDP’s financial stability and taking steps to make UNDP nimbler and more responsive. Today, as we support the UN System and help countries prepare, respond, and recover in the face of COVID-19, our investments are proving their worth,” said Achim Steiner, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator.
The actions countries take as they prepare, respond, and recover in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic will lay the foundations for a fair and just transition to the future – a new social contract.
Read the UNDP’s 2019 Annual Report.
Original source: UNDP
Published on 04 June 2020
