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th among the 189 countries in 2019. The World Economic Forum reveals that in 2020, out of 153 countries, five BIMSTEC countries such as Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka rank below 100 th position in the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI). Bangladesh ranks 50 th and Thailand 75 th in the list. All these countries have slipped in the GGGI 2020 compared to the 2018 index due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Compared to the 2018 GGGI, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Sri Lanka lost two positions each,...

United Nations re-affirms support for Africas conservation efforts By Otiato Opali in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-14 20:49 A view of the Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon. [Photo/Xinhua] The United Nations has reiterated it will continue to partner with Kenya and other African countries in their efforts to conserve natural resources and ease pressures on the planet. This was revealed by Walid Badawi, the resident representative at UNDP K...

One recent UN report helps us chart this new course, in part by addressing one of the challenges Mr. Guterres noted: “More and more people are recognizing the limits of conventional yardsticks such as Gross Domestic Product, in which environmentally damaging activities count as economic positives.” The UN Development Programme’s Human Development Report began in 1990 “precisely as a counterpoint to myopic definitions of development,” as the 2020 report puts it. Specifically, it off...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With improved life expectancy, income and access to education, Guyana has moved up one spot on the Human Development Index, at 122 out of 189 countries and territories recognised by the United Nations (UN). This was revealed in the 2020 United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP’s) Human Development Report, which was recently launched virtually in Sweden, under the theme, “The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene.” According to the UNDP report...

VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 8  08/01/2021    09:45 GMT+7 HCM City to spend US$2.3 million to repair HCM City-Trung Luong expressway. HCM City will spend VNĐ55 billion (US$2.3 million) to maintain and repair the HCM City-Trung Lương expressway. HCM City will spend an additional VNĐ55 billion (US$2.3 million) to repair and maintain the HCM City-Trung Lương expressway. Nguyễn Văn Thành, head of the Department of Road Mana...

   PM urges health sector to develop specific action plans Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested the Ministry of Health to develop specific action plans for the following years in line with goals and visions set by the upcoming 13th National Party Congress. He made the call during the National Health Conference in Hanoi on January 6 which reviewed the sector’s performance last year and mapped out tasks for this year.   2020 was an unforgettable year for the health sector during whi...

UNDP Resident Coordinator Robert Jukham presented a copy of the UNDP Human Development Report 2020 to Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on 5 January 2021 at the Foreign Ministry. Foreign Minister Gunawardena appreciated the UNDP’s cooperation with Sri Lanka and expressed his appreciation of UNDP’s response to Covid-19 early interventions. He mentioned that free education and health policies of Sri Lanka, among other things, have significantly contributed to the country’s achievements in...

Posted on January 5th, 2021 Prime Minister’s Media Unit UNDP Resident Representative in Sri Lanka, Mr. Robert Juhkam officially handed over the Global Human Development Report (HDR 2020) to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today at his residence in Wijerama. The Human Development Report (HDR), is the annual flagship report published by the Human Development Report Office of the UNDP that evaluates and measures human progress. This year’s 30 th publication, emphasis...

Children attend a class at a school in Islamabad. PHOTO: AFP Is Pakistan’s education crisis responsible for the economic crisis? We cannot reap targeted outcomes unless we frame policies that address our own national priorities Mishal-e-Noor January 06, 2021 Pseudo modernism has labeled the education status of a country to be the major determinant of economic growth. As per the International Bureau of Education, the education sector of a country must ideally inculcate certain lifelong compe...

‘We Kant Back Down Now’ - A Case of Too Much Democracy! Too much, or too little? So now we finally know why the Modi government has messed up the Farm Bills issue big time: it has advisors like Mr. Kant who no doubt firmly believe that a few more jackboots on peasant throats would have made them gladly swallow the legislation without any demur. And, for all we know, hes the one who is also advising our resident sage: " We kant back down now!" Amitav Kant is one of the most powerful and in...