Demographic change in Asia and the Pacific is happening at a rate the world has never seen. An explosion in the working age population and a fall in birth rates that took a century in Europe are happening here in just 30 years.
As leaders gather for the World Humanitarian Summit, we have an historic opportunity and renewed momentum to meet these global challenges by fundamentally changing how the world deals with crises.
The report, entitled “Shaping the Future: How Changing Demographics Can Power Human Development”, notes that Asia-Pacific countries now have more working-aged people and fewer dependents than at any point in history, providing a springboard for growth. Region-wide, 68 percent of people are of working age and only 32 percent are dependents.
New Regional Human Development Report offers innovative policies for maximizing the potential of population change
Fernando Carrera joined the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Member (Senior Secretary) General Economics Division and nine Secretaries in a special session on SDG implementation in Bangladesh.
“The United Nations is now one team with one vision and one programme for the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The new programmatic framework is more than just a collection of programmes. It is a basis for comprehensive cooperation between UN agencies, development partners and the Government,” said Robert D. Watkins, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Bangladesh, at a meeting of UN agencies with other development partners today.
Deepening globalization, technological revolutions, particularly the digital revolution, and the environmental challenges are driving the transformation of work today, providing unbound opportunities and profound challenges for the countries including Bangladesh, says the Human Development Report (HDR) 2015 published recently by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The last decade’s steady economic growth of around 6 percent and the resulting increased buying capacity of the middle and lower-middle income class is likely to drive Bangladesh’s Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) consumption to increase by 100 MT per year, predicts a new Department of Environment (DoE) study.
They had spent weeks out there. They did not have any ‘house’ to go back to. Farida Yeasmin, a 19 year-old young mother, had just given birth to her third child when the flood of 2015, followed by Tropical Storm Komen, forced her and her family to move out of their makeshift home and onto the streets.
“I am very excited that the people trusted me with community leadership! I am now working for the poor to prove myself worthy of their trust. I am focusing on key challenges in my community, such as eliminating violence against women, preventing early marriages, supporting disabilities and promoting children’s education. I am also a member of the Women Development Committee and I believe that unity among women can turn all challenges into opportunities.”
Pabitra Bala is a 65 year old widow from Magura district in rural Bangladesh. She is extremely poor with very few belongings, earning only a small income of 1000 BDT (USD 13) a month from laboring on her neighbor’s land and begging in the town.
This report outlines the objectives and background, as well as summarizes the discussions and outcomes of the Youth Interactive Session on ending Violence Against Women held on 8 December, 2015 at the National Human Rights Commission, 13th Floor, Sahid Sangbadik Salin Parvin Sarak, Dhaka.
On 30 November 2015, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) of Bangladesh supported a delegation to participate in part of the Sharing and Learning on Community Based Disaster Management in Asia Project (CBDM Asia Phase II).
In her capacity as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA), Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has arrived in Dhaka today (16 November) on a three-day visit to Bangladesh upon invitation of the Bangladeshi government.
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17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) also known as Global Goals logos were launched in Bangladesh on Sunday, 20 September, during the Social Good Summit 2015 organised by UNDP at the NEC Auditorium of the Planning Commission.
UNDP Bangladesh jointly with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) organized the “First Bangladesh Resilience Dialogue of Private Sector”. The Dialogue is a follow-up of the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction that was held in Japan in March 2015.
As part of the events commemorating the international day of non-violence, UNDP convened a stakeholder forum to discuss the early findings of research commissioned on the impact of political violence
Read UNDP Administrator Helen Clark's Full Statement on the Adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals on 25th September.
At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015, more than 150 world leaders adopted the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will support governments around the world in tackling the new agenda and taking it forward over the next 15 years.
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on the 21 September. The United Nations General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.
The “Millennium Development Goals: Bangladesh Progress Report 2015” was unveiled at an event hosted by the General Economics Division (GED) of the Planning commission with the support of UNDP on 16 September at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka.
UNDP Bangladesh held a press conference today (Thursday, 30 July) at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel) to mark the end of the Bangladesh leg of a multi-country public awareness campaign on climate change called “Pole to Paris”.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh in association with BD Cyclists organised a cycling event on Friday, 24 July from 6.30 am to 11 am in the morning to raise public awareness on climate change as part of the “Pole to Paris” campaign supported by UNDP.
Since 1972, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been partnering with the people and communities of Bangladesh at various levels with significant contributions in reducing poverty, and the country's vulnerability to climate change and disaster, supporting democratic goverance and sustainable, green growth.
Helen Clark on the Development Challenges in the Asia Pacific region
In 2013, Bangladesh continued to prove itself a resilient nation. The country achieved significant development results towards sustainable development pathways, inclusive and effective democratic governance and managing risks.
The Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) is a flagship collaborative initiative between the Ministry of Disaster and Relief (MoDR) and UNDP. See this timeline to know what this remarkable collaboration has achieved in the last 10 years.
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