World Socialist Web Site

UN reports slowing human development and growing inequality, promoting AI as a solution

The 2025 United Nations (UN) Human Development Report published earlier this month reveals an unprecedented slowdown on the Human Development Indices (HDI) in all regions of the world, along with ...
Human Development Reports

HDRO co-authors cutting-edge research using AI and satellite imagery to estimate HDI at a highly granular local level

A new study published 17 February 2026 in Nature Communications shows how satellite imagery and machine learning can extend ...
The Sierra Leone Telegraph

UNDP and Japan launch new initiatives to strengthen peace and human security in Kailahun

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Government of Japan and the Government of Sierra Leone, on Thursday officially ...
webtv.un.org

Symposium on the SDGs and local communities: The evidenced-based human security approach to accelerate SDG implementation at the sub-national level

Achieving the core promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a society where no one is left behind – means making progress on their implementation at the national and local levels. While ...
The Diplomat

‘No One Left Behind’: UNDP Representative Matilda Dimovska on Mongolia’s Development Journey

“Among the most significant contributions of UNDP are the development of the key pillars of a market economy, but also of democracy and accountability.” For half a century, the United Nations ...