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Broken societies put people and planet on collision course, says UNDP
The 30th anniversary edition of the Human Development Report introduces an experimental new lens to its annual Human Development Index.

International Anti-Corruption Day 2020
This year’s UN campaign for International Anti-Corruption Day 2020, Recover with Integrity, emphasizes that an inclusive COVID-19 recovery can only be achieved with integrity and accountability.

Generation Unlimited Finalist
Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge 2.0 was launched in Guyana in January 2020 with a call to young Guyanese to develop their own solutions to real-world problems. It is a collaborative effort…
Justice Sector NAR
UNDP has conducted an extensive assessment of the administration of justice in nine countries in the Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St Kitts and Nevis, St…
COVID-19: Human development on course to decline this year for the first time since 1990
Concerted action with a focus on equity could still limit the impacts of this unprecedented crisis: closing the digital divide would reduce by more than two-thirds the number of children currently not…

Generation Unlimited Call for Application
Generation Unlimited (GenU), Youth Challenge 2.0, is a global partnership being implemented in Guyana by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). GenU…
Human Development Report 2019
Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger and disease, a “new generation of inequalities” indicates that many societies are not working as they should, the UN Development Programme (UNDP)…
UNDP pilots Community Disaster Risk Reduction Projects in Guyana
UNDP, with funding from the Government of Japan, disbursed grants to six villages in the North Rupununi, Region 9, through the project “Strengthening Disaster Management Capacity of Women in the…
Enhancing Livelihoods in Disaster Prone Communities
Strengthening Disaster Management Capacity of Women in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Commonwealth of Dominica.
Addressing Food Insecurity and Gender Stereotypes in North Rupununi – One Woman’s Story
Strengthening Disaster Management Capacity of Women in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Commonwealth of Dominica.