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UN/DESA Policy Brief #100: Effective blended finance in the era of COVID-19 recovery

UN/DESA Policy Brief #100: Effective blended finance in the era of COVID-19 recovery

While blended finance can be an option to support post COVID-19 recovery efforts, a new approach to blended finance is necessary to improve its impact.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #100: Effective blended finance in the era of COVID-19 recovery
UN/DESA Policy Brief #99: Why does corporate sustainability reporting matter to rebuilding better?

UN/DESA Policy Brief #99: Why does corporate sustainability reporting matter to rebuilding better?

Business and financials models must be rethought to accelerate and strengthen business? contributions to sustainable development
UN/DESA Policy Brief #99: Why does corporate sustainability reporting matter to rebuilding better?
UN/DESA Policy Brief #98: Risk-informed finance

UN/DESA Policy Brief #98: Risk-informed finance

All financing must be risk-informed and resilient, and sufficient financing must be available for investments in risk reduction and resilience, at national and global levels.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #98: Risk-informed finance
UN/DESA Policy Brief #97: COVID-19 and Beyond: Scaling up Private Investment for Sustainable Development

UN/DESA Policy Brief #97: COVID-19 and Beyond: Scaling up Private Investment for Sustainable Development

Further action is needed to better channel investment to countries and SDG-related sectors that are most in need. The development of innovative and scalable global platforms, instruments and funds would be an important first step in this regard.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #97: COVID-19 and Beyond: Scaling up Private Investment for Sustainable Development
World Economic Situation And Prospects: April 2021 Briefing, No. 148

World Economic Situation And Prospects: April 2021 Briefing, No. 148

Elevated inequalities place countries in a more vulnerable position to confront the pandemic. Going forward, fighting inequality will be crucial for reducing vulnerability to health and other emergencies and for enhancing the resilience of societies.
World Economic Situation And Prospects: April 2021 Briefing, No. 148
UN/DESA Policy Brief #96: COVID-19: How the data and statistical community stepped up to the new challenges

UN/DESA Policy Brief #96: COVID-19: How the data and statistical community stepped up to the new challenges

New partnerships have been crucial in responding to new data demands, helping National Statistical Offices introduce measures that are permanently changing the statistical production process in many countries.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #96: COVID-19: How the data and statistical community stepped up to the new challenges

2021 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA Resolutions

2021 CDP report, ECOSOC resolutions, GA resolutions
UN/DESA Policy Brief #95: What triggers economic insecurity and who is most at risk?

UN/DESA Policy Brief #95: What triggers economic insecurity and who is most at risk?

A full recovery from the pandemic crisis is not possible without addressing economic security and reducing inequality.
This policy brief highlights inequality in the experience of economic security focusing on the risks to livelihoods and the protections against those risks as laid out by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #95: What triggers economic insecurity and who is most at risk?
UN/DESA Policy Brief #94: A changing world of work: implications for the social contract

UN/DESA Policy Brief #94: A changing world of work: implications for the social contract

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the world
of work, hitting labour markets that were already weak
and fragile.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #94: A changing world of work: implications for the social contract
UN/DESA Policy Brief #93: Social policy and social protection measures to build Africa better post-COVID-19

UN/DESA Policy Brief #93: Social policy and social protection measures to build Africa better post-COVID-19

This policy brief reviews the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis in Africa and presents the continent?s social protection responses.
UN/DESA Policy Brief #93: Social policy and social protection measures to build Africa better post-COVID-19