The ZHDR 2017 has a special focus on issues of climate change, hence its theme is Climate Change and Human Development: Towards Building a Climate Resilient Nation
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At the conclusion of a 3-day visit to Zimbabwe, UNDP Administrator has welcomed President Mnangagwa’s election pledge for a credible and peaceful election as an important milestone for economic recovery
Today, we celebrate the activists who work tirelessly to “speak truth to patriarchy” and push all of us to achieve equal rights for women.
The UK Department of International Development (DFID) adds additional £21.5 million grant to the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund
Zimbabwe received US $ 502 million additional healthcare funding from the Global Fund to support HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria programmes for the next three years. The grants which will be implemented by the Ministry of Health and Child and Child Care (MOHCC) and UN in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations and the National AIDS Council (NAC).
The first round of consultations in the urban sector on the implementation of National Adapatation Plan (NAP) to climate change took off to a smooth start on 23 November, 2017 with a call for partnerships to improve the resilience of cities to climate change impacts, and support clean and climate smart urban investments.
Income Inequality Trends in sub-Saharan Africa: Divergence, Determinants, and Consequences
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) underscore the need to address broad inequalities in their quest to ‘leave no-one behind.’ To achieve this goal by 2030, the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa asserts that inequality levels, trends,determinants and consequences must be analyzed closely – producing a holistic policy approach which matches the integrated and indivisible nature of the 2030 agenda.
This groundbreaking UNDP study provides policy guidance to reduce income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa.
UN Electoral Support to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
Press release highlighting the role of the United Nations Developement Programme (UNDP) in Zimbabwe's elections.
Celebrating Gender Champions
The Zimbabwe Country Office achieved a silver level certification based on the final score of 70%.
The CO was rewarded for its contribution to to the achievement of national gender equality goals through institutional capacity building and support for the Women’s Caucus, which helped to achieve the inclusion of 75% of women’s constitutional demands.
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About Zimbabwe
16.2 Million
Population
USD16.3 Billion
GDP
940
GNI Per Capita
154
Human Development Index