Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
أفضل الممارسات في الإنتاج المستدام للمواد الخام الحرجة
Oct 2025
Working Paper
المواد الخام الحرجة هي العمود الفقري للتقنيات الحديثة الضرورية للانتقال في مجال الطاقة، وللبنية التحتية الرقمية، والصناعات الاستراتيجية. وقد أصبح أصبح ضمان إنتاجها ابشكل آمن ومستدام ومنصف أولويّةً دوليّةً ملحّة. يحدّد موجز السياسات هذا أفضل الممارسات في الإنتاج المستدام للمواد الخام الحرجة في ست ركائز أساسية: الأطر السياساتية والتنظيمية، والابتكار التكنولوجي، وتحسين سلسلة القيمة، واستراتيجيات الاقتصاد الدائري، وبناء القدرات والإدماج الاجتماعي، وآليات التمويل المستدامة. ومن خلال الحوكمة الفعّالة، ينبغي مواءمة إنتاج هذه الموارد مع أهداف التنمية المستدامة، وتحسين القدرة على تحمّل تغيّر المناخ على المدى الطويل.
Gaza 2021 Infrastructure Damage Assessment Report
May 2022
Working Paper
The May 2021 hostilities were the fourth round of offensive by Israel on the Gaza Strip, following the 2008, 2012, and 2014 hostilities. It resulted in devastating consequences, taking the lives of 261 Palestinians, including 67 children and 41 women. It led to a considerable destruction of residential and commercial buildings, as well as damages of schools, health facilities, water and power networks, roads, and public buildings, which in turn disrupted the provision of vital basic services. UNDP led the design and implementation of a detailed infrastructure damage assessment from June to August 2021 in coordination with the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MoPWH) as well as line ministries, municipalities, the Palestinian Contractors Union (PCU), UNRWA, UNMAS, and in consultation with UN agencies, the cluster coordinators, and civil society actors. The primary purpose of the assessment was to identify real damages resulting from the May 2021 hostilities, to inform rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery interventions. It provides an estimate of two types of costs: a) reconstruction / rehabilitation to the state it was before the destruction / damages (Building Back as was – BBaw), and b) reconstruction / rehabilitation incorporating the principles of Building Forward Better.
Cryptocurrency in Africa: Alternative Opportunities for Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals?
Dec 2022
Working Paper
The compounding crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, unchecked climate change and the war in Ukraine have caused severe negative economic, social and environmental consequences across the globe. We are facing a risk of a sharply diverging world with inequalities widening between developed and developing countries and within developing countries themselves, between urban and rural areas, rich and poor, men and women. This is especially true for the African continent, which has already suffered a loss of almost a decade of development gains. But, consistent with the findings of the UN Secretary-General’s Task Force on Digital Financing ‘People’s Money: Harnessing Digitalization to Finance a Sustainable Future’, the pandemic has put a spotlight on the role of digital finance and its accelerated applications in response to the crisis. A key question in this regard is how to use digital finance to improve economic participation, agency and resilience of people, facilitate cross-border trade and support sustainable development while addressing the risks of the widening digital divide. This paper will present the emerging applications of cryptocurrency in Africa, examine the evolving regulatory landscape and key accompanying risks and suggest potential policy considerations for leveraging this nascent, innovative instrument towards the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on the continent.
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