3.2 Recommendations and management response RECOMMENDATION 1. In the next programme cycle, UNDP should expand the poverty reduction and socioeconomic development focus of its offer to support the reconstruction of the economy towards the ‘Vivir Bien’ (Living Well) objectives, and the reduction of inequalities, within the framework of the new PDES 2021-2025 and COVID-19 recovery. UNDP should strengthen its support for the promotion of decent employment, particularly for women and youth. Given the widening inequality gap exacerbated by COVID-19, the UNDP should strengthen its focus on the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic and support reconstruction efforts with interventions that aim to reduce economic, social and gender inequalities in line with the new national priorities of PDES 2021-2025. Building on the experience of innovative portfolio planning approaches trialled in the current programme cycle, and the work on multidimensional poverty measurement at national and subnational levels, UNDP projects should systematically address the root causes of poverty as experienced by the most marginalized, including discriminatory practices and social norms. Within the portfolio approach, the effectiveness and sustainability of both upstream and downstream interventions for poverty reduction will be enhanced by continuing to strengthen the capacity of the national statistical system, as recommended by the 2019 MAPS mission. Innovation work initiated in this cycle, such as that related to urban agendas, should be scaled up, and/ or synergies with other UNDP areas of intervention identified.
Management response: Fully accepted UNDP Bolivia country office will continue to work on this area, noting that the scope of UNDP technical assistance to central and local government agencies will significantly depend on political will and institutional openness to receive such support. All PDES priorities, the statistical system, and the strategies to reduce inequalities are contingent on the census.
Key action(s) 1.1 Develop baselines for the formulation of public policies based on administrative records of government agencies related to poverty and socioeconomic development priorities in the People and Prosperity/Planet areas of the new CPD, pending census data.
Time frame May to December 2022
Responsible unit(s) Programme Unit and thematic units
Tracking* Comments The new CPD 2023-2027 and United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023-2027 is under collective construction.
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