"We need to be more used to be expressing vulnerability. Strength comes from overcoming our vulnerabilities together." - UNDP Regional Director Kanni Wignaraja @ SM Cinema Megamall instagram.com/p/CkPXx-wJfWB/…

.UNDP in Asia and the Pacific Regional Director Kanni Wignaraja reaffirms UN Development's commitment in working with Philippines 🇵🇭 towards achieving #SDGs and building #resilience against #ClimateCrisis, other 🌏 challenges. #Youth, #women are 🔑 actors for #development. 📺 bit.ly/3FGPEAH

The economy grew impressively by 7.6% in the 3rd quarter of 2022, higher than the 7.5% recorded in the 2nd quarter and significantly higher than observers’ median forecast of 6.3%.

🚨New Paper🚨 Many have asked my opinion on Elon Musk's new verification, blue check & identity cue ideas for @Twitter. Today we published a large-scale experiment in Nature Human Behaviour showing identity cues have dramatic effects on how we perceive & engage with content online A🧵

Let us be reminded again how security and confidential funds work: Imelda on a shopping trip

This latest World Bank publication on poverty and inequality in the Philippines is a “must read” for policymakers, development practitioners, and students of Philippine development. It offers clear evidence-based recommendations for winning the war on poverty & high inequality.

Recently, UNDP Philippines 🇵🇭 and DILG Philippines launched a flagship report on the #MandanasGarcia ruling, which enables LGUs to absorb the devolved functions from the nat'l gov't. With DILG, we hope to extend our support further to local government partners through this transition!

Read more about this report here! undp.org/philippines/pr…

Now more than ever, we need to think & work differently to meet our energy challenge head-on. With #peoplepowered, we celebrate local energy solutions & surface actionable intelligence to inform how we move forward to achieve clean energy for all ➡️ undpacclabs.com/SEHPeoplePower…

What does #Future of #Governance mean for policymakers?We hosted a brainstorming session this morning with a powerful panel of senior policymakers from #Bangladesh #Indonesia #Pakistan #Philippines & #SriLanka on their challenges and vision towards building #Anticipatory #Agile

In this race against time, UNDP Accelerator Labs add value in closing the gap to achieving the #SDGs How do we do this? Continuous exploration & experimentation to accelerate learning and close the knowledge gap on what works to achieve the #GlobalGoals 💡undpacclabs.com/AnnualReport20… #UNDPEB

Happy #PhilippineICTMonth! Through UNDP Philippines 🇵🇭's partnership w/ Bangsamoro Government's MILG, #LeAPSPH is setting foundation for #DigitalBangsamoro to improve quality & speed of local public services, making them more accessible to people. Read my OpEd on this! bit.ly/3JeCoUF

Because of the recent DepEd directive on scrapping classroom decorations, I went down a bit of a rabbit-hole about the studies on its relation to student learning. Here's a 🧵what I've discovered! 1/

Design for the people and by the people – At the intersection of governance, policy, and design is the concept of “design for policy” that seeks to apply design principles to public sector services.

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In the past weeks, our staff and most Palestinians in #Gaza have lost everything: their homes, family members and any sense of normality. Hear from our UNDP Palestine colleague Shahd & her children's harrowing journey to protect themselves during war. go.undp.org/Z3V4

👉🏼UNDP Philippines 🇵🇭 hosted the UNDP Accelerator Labs R&D Rave on #CircularEconomy!♻️✨Innovators from Accelerator Labs, companies, gov't, and dev't partners from 30 countries met in Quezon City to explore and formalize R&D solutions, key learning questions, and opportunities in CE.