To design integrated solutions, we need to better understand synergies and trade-offs between policy choices and across issue areas such as sustainable jobs, environment, governance, health and energy. We use data and analytics to identify root causes and tackle development gaps to ensure no one is left behind, for example through the Human Development Index and the Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index. Using new sources of joined-up data and integrated modelling frameworks, such as the International Futures (IFs) and the Climate, Land-Use, Energy and Water Systems (CLEWS), we help countries map out possible future development scenarios, and explore linkages across the SDGs to identify policy choices that create transformational change.

There are arguably more global resources available than at any other point in history. But there remains a gulf between how resources are spent, and the investments required to achieve the 2030 Agenda. We help countries identify innovative ways to redirect public and private contributions towards sustainable development and align investments with the Goals. Our SDG Finance Sector Hub supports governments, business and financial institutions from a suite of methods and tools designed to finance the end of poverty and protection of the planet. 

We are pioneering new ways of doing development that build countries' capacity to deliver change at scale and deal with the pace of change and uncertainty. UNDP puts the emphasis on learning around major development issues by investing in scalable and fast-moving knowledge networks.

Our signature initiatives include setting up the world's largest and fastest learning network of 60 Accelerator Labs to source new solutions to deep seated systemic issues. Through the UNDP Innovation Facility, we provide seed funding and support for innovative methodologies, tools, partnerships and skills enabling integrated responses to real-time and real-world complexities.