Youth Co:Lab will drive social innovation and entrepreneurship to address the unemployment challenges faced by young people in the region
The study, Business+ Philippines, provides valuable insights on the level of inclusiveness among Philippine companies today. (Photo: Philippine Board of Investments)
On United Nations Day, the UN in the Philippines launched the Filipino Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) video.
The report is the first of its kind in the Philippines on how businesses are aligning their core business processes, activities, and initiatives with the SDGs.
Poverty, rapid urbanization, poor land use, ecosystems decline and other risk factors will amplify the impacts of climate change.
Australia-UNDP boost support for social enterprises in the Philippines through an innovative partnership for social impact investing.
Tacloban City, Typhoon Haiyan's ground zero, is now rising from the devastation after four years.
2017 Regional Knowledge Exchange
The 2017 Regional Knowledge Exchange held in Manila on 2-4 October explored how countries across the Asia-Pacific region are working to understand and leverage the links among Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets.
Inclusive Businesses helping achieve SDGs in the Philippines
The report, launched by Inclusive Business advocacy platform Business Call to Action (BCtA) hosted by the United Nations Development Programme and Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), the largest corporate-led organization in the Philippines promoting Inclusive Business, examines how businesses can be more ‘inclusive’ by providing employment, goods, services and livelihoods in a commercially viable manner to people living at the base of the economic pyramid.
Social Good Summit 2017: Innovate with purpose, leave no one behind
UNDP and Rappler worked with 20 youth groups to #HackSociety for the 2017 #SocialGood Summit. The "hacks" or innovative solutions all aim to respond to social and environmental issues and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
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UNDP has been working in the Philippines for over 40 years. Today, it continues to strengthen the country’s capacities at the national and local levels to promote democratic governance, sustainable management of natural resources, climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, and resilience and peacebuilding. In all its programmes, UNDP integrates human rights and gender equality, believing that everyone should have equal access to the benefits of development.
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About the Philippines
104.5 million (2017)
Population
26.3%
Poverty rate
US$ 9,400
GNI per capita
0.682
Human Dev. Index