The Survey for 2021 takes stock of the socioeconomic fallout from the current pandemic and looks at past economic and non-economic shocks that have inflicted damage on the region’s sustainable development prospects in order to draw lessons on how to build forward better during the post-pandemic recovery.
This report lays out the steps that U.S. financial regulators should take now to address climate change consistent with their mandates and seize the vast opportunity of a sweeping economic transformation that can stabilize our climate while reducing long-standing social and economic inequalities.
This report investigates how digital technologies can accelerate the transformation of the agrifood system by increasing efficiency on the farm; improving farmers’ access to output, input, and financial markets; strengthening quality control and traceability; and improving the design and delivery of agriculture policies.
This Guidance Note highlights the drivers of water scarcity, suggesting programme actions for the WASH sector to increase water security for children, and outlines programme principles to guide action at global, regional, national and local levels. The principles focus on risk-based approaches, valuing water resources, managing water sustainably and equitably, partnerships, and on acceleration of WASH coverage.
This technical report examines the nexus between product-service systems and sustainable public procurement, drawing together international experience.