UNU research focuses on the challenges faced by the United Nations and its Member States. Our current research portfolio supports all of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015 to inspire global action to overcome the world’s biggest challenges.
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Domestic Revenue Mobilization (DRM)
This project aims to provide insights, tools, and capacity-building to aid policy makers in raising domestic revenue for sustainable public financing.
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Public Service Quality Index Georgia: A Good Governance Initiative (GGI)
Enhance Georgian governance through a Public Service Quality Index, evaluating government efficiency and effectiveness, focusing on user satisfaction and productivity.
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ECA STUDIES
This project aims to support decision makers in developing adaptation strategy and to identify cost-effective climate change adaptation measures.
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Gender Scan of UNDP HIV, TB and Malaria programmes funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
This project aims to assess the gender responsiveness of UNDP’s portfolio of Global Fund grants and provide recommendations for future grants.
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Integrating Ecosystem-based Approaches into Flood Risk Management for Adaptive and Sustainable Urban Development in Central Vietnam (FloodAdaptVN)
This project aims to analyze and ultimately reduce flood risks for people, livelihoods, and assets in highly flood prone urban regions of Vietnam.
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INOV.EGOV Project
INOV.EGOV – Digital Governance Innovation for Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable Societies.
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StratICT: Development of a strategy to enhance and sustain the ICT function in the Government of Uganda
Enhance Uganda's governance, focusing on ICT advancements in public policy to achieve sustainable development goals.
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Low-carbon society: an enhanced modelling tool for the transition to sustainability LOCOMOTION
This project aims to design a new set of Integrated Assessment Models to assess different sustainability policy options towards a low-carbon society.
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Digitally-enabled Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Water Resources Management (DIGIRES)
This project aims to mobilise ICT to promote managed aquifer recharge as a greener, nature-based alternative to traditional water infrastructure.
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Gender and Digital Health
This project aims to establish an open-innovation cluster for research and policy with a focus on gender, health, and access to digital technologies.