Dear Colleague,
The 2021 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) highlighted the need to build systemic, integrated solutions to our complex development challenges. This is particularly true for the challenge of poverty, which continues to be the greatest pending task of humanity.
In this new issue of the COP Snapshot, we feature the HLPF Side Event on “Ending Poverty by 2030: Transformations Needed to Achieve SDG 1” – organized jointly by BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, the Permanent Mission of Nigeria, and UNDP – which provided a forum to exchange lessons learned from poverty eradication efforts worldwide and outlined bold measures required to stop regress and accelerate progress towards SDG 1.
Do not miss our two special sections featuring top recommended books to read and podcasts to listen to during the summertime. Hope you enjoy them!
Share your views or ask how this community can support you by sending a message to [email protected].
Stay tuned,
Ricardo, Samantha, Rishi, and Renata
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Ending Poverty by 2030: Transformations Needed to Achieve SDG 1
OFFICIAL HLPF SIDE EVENT - 13 JULY 2021 - WATCH HERE
With the COVID-19 shock still impacting the world, it is estimated that the total number of people living in extreme poverty could reach 1 billion in 2030. This 2021 High-Level Political Forum Side Event, jointly organized by BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, the Permanent Mission of Nigeria, and UNDP, discussed the transformative actions needed to deliver durable solutions for achieving SDG 1. Moderated by Adriana Dinu, Deputy Director, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP, the session featured leaders, experts, activists, and practitioners from across the world to discuss the greatest challenge of our era: poverty in all its forms and dimensions. Watch the recording & check out this summary note of the event.
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COVID-19 Recovery in Urban Areas: Building Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Cities
OFFICIAL HLPF SIDE EVENT - 12 JULY 2021- WATCH HERE
Despite the challenges, emerging local stories of resilience demonstrate how local governments and communities are finding innovative solutions to mitigate the health and socio-economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. This side-event at the 2021 High-Level Political Forum, co-organized by Habitat for Humanity International and UNDP, gathered distinguished speakers from across the globe to discuss challenges alongside innovative approaches from cities and local governments as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Haoliang Xu, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, moderated the panel. Watch the event.
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Local 2030: Accelerate Post-Pandemic Recovery and SDG Localization Through Joined Up Local Action
OFFICIAL HLPF SIDE EVENT - 15 JULY 2021- WATCH HERE
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, we knew that the success of the 2030 Agenda would largely depend on our capacity to adapt and implement the SDGs at the local level. This is now truer than ever, as cities and local governments play a central role in response and recovery efforts. As part of the Local 2030 initiative, this 2021 HLPF Side Event, co-hosted by UNDP, UNHABITAT, and the UN Secretariat gathered leaders from government, UN agencies, businesses, academia, and civil society to review progress and identify measures to accelerate SDGs localization in urban settings. The event featured a high-level keynote, an opening panel, and two additional thematic panels on (1) innovations in implementation and financing for SDG Localization and (2) SDG monitoring and reporting for long-term development planning. Watch the recording here.
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Development Futures Series: Highlighting UNDP's Thought Leadership
UNDP PUBLICATIONS - 6 JULY 2021- FIND MORE HERE
UNDP's Development Futures Series is a GPN series of working papers and policy briefs authored by UNDP staff (in all offices and at all levels) that aims to sharpen UNDP’s thought leadership on interesting data and analytics and on clear policy positions on the top development issues today – and tomorrow. Recent briefs examine the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on female migrant workers, use non-traditional datasets to measure socio-economic impact across households, and explore ICTs as a tool to aid in gender equality efforts. Interested in submitting a proposal for a policy brief or working paper? Send an email to [email protected] to learn more.
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Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity
COVID-19 vaccine inequity was highlighted by many experts and government officials during the HLPF sessions as the largest threat to global recovery from the pandemic and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda. The Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity, a joint UNDP, WHO and University of Oxford initiative, combines the latest data on the global roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines with the most recent socio-economic information to illustrate why accelerating vaccine equity is not only critical to saving lives but is also to driving a faster and fairer recovery from the pandemic with benefits for all. Read more about the tool and explore the dashboard here.
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Global Report on Gender Equality in Public Administration
REPORT - JULY 2021 - READ HERE
Based on data and evidence from UNDP and the University of Pittsburgh’s GEPA database and covering 170 countries, this report examines key trends on women’s participation and leadership in public administration. It finds that despite progress made over the last decades, gaps in women’s representation in public institutions persist. The report proposes tangible recommended actions to mitigate these gaps and empower women towards more inclusive, diverse, and participatory public administrations. Explore the report here.
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Transitioning from emergency transfers: What is next for universal basic income?
REPORT - JULY 2021 - READ HERE
Building on the round table “Transitioning out of emergency transfers: what’s next for UBI?”, held on 6 October 2020, this article, co-authored by Louise Haagh (University of York) and Mansour Ndiaye and Claudia Vinay (UNDP), discusses the benefits and advantages of a permanent Universal Basic Income (UBI) system as a foundation for maximizing the impact of other public policies. The article provides insights into transitioning from a temporary to a more stable, longer-term, universal social protection system, considering the fiscal and other challenges facing developing countries for building truly durable UBI schemes. Read more.
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Eager to read? Check out our recommendations below!
Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World (May 2021). In Rescue, a leading scholar of globalization and development at Oxford, Ian Goldin, argues that the pandemic brings an opportunity to change the world for the better. He focuses on key selected areas of COVID-19 recovery, such as the future of work, income inequality, and climate. Access the book.
Value(s): Building a Better World for All (May 2021). In this book, economist and banker Mark Carney proposes innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges of our era. Looking at the Great Financial Crisis, the 4th Industrial Revolution, climate, and COVID-19, the author provides a roadmap for societies to transform the value of the market back into the value of humanity. Explore the book.
What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society (April 2021). In What We Owe Each Other, leading policy expert Minouche Shafik identifies critical elements for a new social contract that recognizes human interdependence and empowers and encourages citizens to contribute to society and care for others. Check out the book.
Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism (March 2021). In Mission Economy, award-winning author and leading international economist Mariana Mazzucato argues that capitalism must be reoriented using collaborative, mission-oriented thinking while bringing a stakeholder approach to public-private partnerships. Learn more.
Combating Inequality: Rethinking Government’s Role (February 2021). This book gathers leading economists and experts to reflect on the set of tools that governments can use to address global inequality. The volume discusses policy tools in areas such as taxation, social safety nets, human capital distribution, labor market policies, institutions, and social norms. Read more.
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Stay up to date by checking out the CoP's podcast recommendations below!
New Foundations: Stories of Innovation. This eight-episode podcast series from The Economist Intelligence Unit explores technological breakthroughs and innovative ideas to bring about positive social, economic, and environmental change. Check it out.
The New Postnormal. This bi-weekly podcast from the Project Syndicate addresses critical issues around the “new postnormal,” offering bold ideas and solutions to recover from COVID-19 and build forward better. Listen now.
The Development Podcast. This flagship podcast from the World Bank Group brings together data, research, and solutions to transform our world and pave the way towards a more inclusive, sustainable future. Listen here.
ODI live events. These live recordings of events from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), covering themes from inclusive growth to climate change and migration to gender and the Sustainable Development Goals. Listen now.
Development Drums. Development Drums focuses on topics related to global poverty and international development. It is hosted by Owen Barder, the European Director at the Centre for Global Development. Listen here.
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OPHI Summer School 2021: Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis
SUMMER COURSE - AUGUST 2021 - REGISTER HERE
This two-week intensive Summer School intends to provide a technical introduction, to multidimensional poverty measurement using the Alkire-Foster method, and to share examples of its practical applications. Upon completing the course, students will have the skills required to construct and analyse a multidimensional poverty measure and to describe its policy relevance and usefulness for analytical purposes. Drawing on Amartya Sen’s capability approach and empirical examples of national and global Multidimensional Poverty Indices, the conceptual and empirical motivation for measuring multidimensional poverty will be presented, as well as the full suite of measurement tools. Learn more and apply here.
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IMF Summer School
ONLINE EVENTS - JULY - AUGUST 2021 - WATCH HERE
Join the IMF this summer in its free, self-paced YouTube series focusing on inclusive growth-related topics including financial inclusion and development, public financial management, monetary policy analysis and forecasting, and debt sustainability for low-income countries. These presentations, lasting roughly 20 minutes, are uploaded every Wednesday until 11 August. Tune in now!
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UN Food Systems Pre-Summit
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Adaptive Social Protection, Decentralization, Localization: Challenges and opportunities for good governance in social protection delivery
ONLINE EVENT - EXTERNAL - SOCIALPROTECTION.ORG -
3 AUGUST 2021 - REGISTER HERE
This virtual seminar, hosted by SocialProtection.org, intends to provide conceptual clarity on the interconnections between decentralization, localization and adaptive social protection. by presenting best practices and responses to common challenges with speakers from SPACE (Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19: Expert Approaches). the World Bank, and the Philippines Department of Social Welfare and Development, Learn more and register here.
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Your CoP team would love to hear from you! Contact us at [email protected] to send feedback or share content and events to be featured in our CoP Communications.
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