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Issue 24 | 22 June 2020
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Dear Colleague,
In our Snapshot Issue #24, we highlight the launch of SparkBlue, the new digital engagement platform for the Global Policy Network (GPN). You are invited to create your profile in SparkBlue and start connecting with experts inside and outside of UNDP.
Do not miss the TED interview with UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner on the alliances needed to cope with the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 and build back better.
Also, check out our new section on upcoming online events.
Share your views or ask how this community can help you in your work by sending a message to cop-poverty@undp.org.
Stay tuned,
Ricardo, Samantha, Rishi, and Renata
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Curious about what our CoP offers? Play this trailer to find out.
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TED interview with Achim Steiner
The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated income and non-income inequalities worldwide, impacting the most vulnerable countries hardest. In this TED interview, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner provides critical insights into how to foster alliances and partnerships to help the developing world cope with the adverse socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic. During the interview, Mr. Steiner emphasized the vital role of UNDP in facilitating collaboration between governments, the private sector, and the broader development community in areas such as health care, clean energy, and digital solutions. Watch the interview.
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UNDP-UNEP High-Level Dialogue: The Future of Development in a Post-COVID-19 World
17 June 2020. In preparation for the 2020 Human Development Report, UNDP and UNEP co-hosted a high-level dialogue to explore ways to achieve more inclusive and greener societies in a post-COVID-19 world. The event featured UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner; UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen; Joseph Stiglitz, Professor at Columbia University and Nobel Laureate in Economics; Raya Haffar El Hassan, Former Minister of Finance and Interior of Lebanon; and Bina Agarwal, Professor at the University of Manchester. Femi Oke, a television presenter and journalist, moderated the session, and a vibrant Q&A followed. Watch the event.
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Exploring UBI's Potential to Deliver Economic Security and Gender Equality
On 11 June, UNDP Gender and Inclusive Growth Teams co-hosted a webinar to discuss challenges, opportunities, and trade-offs of Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a response to the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemics, particularly on women and girls. The session counted with high-level presentations from Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics and President of Innovations for Poverty Action; Pablo Iglesias, Second Vice President of the Government of Spain; and Kanni Wignaraja, UN Assistant Secretary-General. Raquel Lagunas, Head of Gender Team, moderated the session, and BPPS Chief Economist George Molina Gray and Political Activist Aruna Roy provided insightful remarks. Watch the discussion.
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SparkBlue: GPN's new digital engagement platform
The CoP on Poverty and Inequality is pleased to announce the launch of SparkBlue, the new knowledge platform for the Global Policy Network. SparkBlue is the new home for UNDP's Communities of Practice and the one-stop-shop to get updates, news, and reports on UNDP's COVID-19 2.0 Offer. The platform will serve as a place to generate, capture, store, and share curated knowledge, promoting innovation and cross-practice collaboration while complementing existing tools such as Yammer and Teams. To get started, log in using your UNDP email and password and browse relevant events, community snapshots, e-discussions, specific resources and publications, latest happenings, and more. Check out this video and learn more about SparkBlue.
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Vulnerability Assessment Mappings
Jose Levy, Deputy Resident Representative at UNDP Mauritania, wants to know if UNDP has ever engaged in conducting vulnerability assessment mappings (VAM). If you know about past UNDP's experience in developing VAMs, please email Jose and contact your COP Team.
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Lives or livelihoods? Global estimates of the mortality and poverty costs of COVID-19
Check out this World Bank's blog post featuring a new paper on the global poverty and mortality effects of COVID-19. Using life-years as a unit, it finds that the pandemic has led to 68 million additional years in extreme poverty and the loss of 4.3 million years of life for a sample of 150 countries. Results indicate that the poverty costs are substantial relative to the mortality costs from COVID-19 and that this ratio declines sharply with GDP per capita. Read more.
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Tackling the fall of remittances in low-income and fragile countries
Remittances – money sent back home by migrant and guest workers living abroad— represent a vital source of income for many developing countries. With the COVID-19 threatening to reduce remittances in $100 billion for 2020, this IMF blog post proposes three urgent actions: 1) stabilize employment opportunities for migrant workers in host countries; 2) contain virus spread in countries receiving returning migrants; and 3) provide financial assistance to remittance-dependent countries. Read more.
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Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire - by Rebecca Henderson
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed the inability of the current economic system to deliver inclusive and sustainable prosperity. Yet, the pandemics has also opened a window of opportunity to put countries in a development trajectory that fulfills the demands for inclusion, protects the environment, and leaves no one behind. In this compelling book, Harvard University Professor Rebecca Henderson signals a way forward, drawing from years of experience in the private sector and innovative research tools from economics, psychology, and organizational behavior. Check out Ms. Henderson's book and find concrete solutions and pathways on how we can make capitalism work for all. Read more.
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[Webinar] The Future of Urban Mobility in a Post COVID-19
The COP team invites you to watch this webinar co-hosted by SGInnovate and UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development on changing dynamics in urban mobility in light of recent disruptions, such as rapid urbanization, increasing air pollution, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The session discussed new transportation modalities and how digital technologies, innovative practices, and novel business models are shaping the present and future of urban transportation systems. It included the participation of business leaders, academics, and expert practitioners on sustainable urban development. Watch the session.
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Free Online Course: Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains
Global Value Chains (GVCs) currently account for almost half of global trade. In this online learning course, you'll learn how GVCs can be transformed to become more inclusive and sustainable, ensuring that benefits are shared more equitably. The free course is based on the World Bank Group's 2020 World Development Report (WDR), curating innovative ideas to strengthen the impact of GVCs and trade on sustainable development. It begins on 19 August, and you can register here.
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Call for Papers: Global Changes in the "World of Work" and "Personal Lives" in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Perspectives in Psychology invites researchers and practitioners from all disciplines to submit to a special COVID-19 journal issue. Submissions should address the interconnectedness of COVID-19's impact on work, home, and community lives. This issue will place a particular emphasis on examining how COVID-19 has changed poverty and inequality around the world and what innovative, just, and sustainable solutions could be pioneered for global recovery and development. Learn more about the journal and how to submit here.
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Your CoP team will be happy to hear from you. Contact us at
cop-poverty@undp.org to send feedback or content you may wish to share.
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