The 75th session of the UN General Assembly recognized that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic was one of the most significant global challenges in the United Nations' history and noted with deep concern its impact on people the society, and the economy. Thus, at the same session, the General Assembly endorsed a comprehensive and coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic (A/RES/74/306) that calls, i.e. for the development of new interoperable data tools and the strengthening of…
Statistics and Data Project ‐ Resilient and agile National Statistical Systems (NSS) to meet post COVID‐19 data needs to recover better
Recipients: Burundi, Eritrea, Tunisia, Namibia, Senegal, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Bhutan, Georgia, Jordan, State of Palestine, Republic of Moldova, Fiji
Partners: UNECA, UNECE, UNECLAC, UNESCAP, UNESCWA, UNEP, UNODC
Donors: RB
Status: Active
Strengthening Capacity for evidence-based Social Protection Policies for responding to the triple global crisis in fuel, food and finance
The 2020-2022 World Social Protection Report noted that globally, only 46.9% of the population was effectively covered by at least one social protection benefit, and in Africa and Asia and the Pacific, this is even lower, at 17.4% and 44.1%, respectively. Evidence suggests that countries with better social protection policies and programmes are better at curbing the effects of the Triple Crisis, with overall positive effects on health, education, labour market outcomes, income inequality,…
Recipients: Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Senegal, Cambodia, Maldives
Partners: ESCAP, ECA, ILO
Donors: RB
Status: Active