We learn, do, and engage with humility to drive innovation embedded in local knowledge systems in Asia and the Pacific.
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This fortnight on the Intel we ask:
🔴 How can the Pacific Resilience Facility have the greatest impact?
Our expert contributors pitch in:
⚫ Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility’s Sophie Lewis
⚫ CoTerran’s Michael Copage
⚫ The Lab’s Blake Johnson
Explore their three competing views, here 👉 devintelligencelab.com/intel…
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At the Circular Pathways for Cities session this World Cities Summit #WCS2026, we heard from professionals working in different areas of the circular economy on the conditions needed to scale circular solutions.
Insights and highlights in our latest blog: go.undp.org/psE
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Governments need to get back their mojo. Spoke to @fionaharvey for @guardian about why believing we can govern is the starting point for an economy built around the common good. Link in replies.
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Concluded my visit to Indonesia this evening with a meeting with H.E. Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and the Nat Economic Council (DEN) on Indonesia’s ambitious digital transformation agenda.
We focused in on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), which is rapidly expanding to a national rollout.
With DPI and the right policy and governance frameworks in place, we exchanged good global practice on AI to extend public services, improve efficiency, and support inclusive growth.
Signed agreement with @UNDPIndonesia to partner w DEN and critical sectors on key aspects of this agenda.
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Is technology an integrated driver or just a late “add-on” to your city’s circular economy programmes?
This June 16th, Louisa Mammeri will be in 🇸🇬 to discuss @UNDP's "Digital by Design" approach, with examples from the ground @UNDPasiapac!
Learn more: go.undp.org/UNDPWCS26
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This fortnight on the Intel we ask:
🔴 Is long-term planning still a viable strategy or just a comfort blanket?
Our expert contributors pitch in:
⚫ UNDP’s, Millie Begovic
⚫ Development Policy Lab’s, Terence Wood
⚫ The Asia Foundation’s, Yasuhiko Matsuda
Explore their three competing views, here 👉 devintelligencelab.com/intel…
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Discussed wth Mahdi Amin, Adviser to 🇧🇩 Prime Minister @trahmanbnp how @UNDP_BD & Gov can leverage #AI, innovation, & global experience to deliver on national priorities. Excited to focus on Centre of Govt transformation for policy/finance coherence.
@UNDPasiapac @stefanliller
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The relevance of 'stack thinking' to the work of governments and other organisations. 60 years since the Internet was created many of its design principles are still poorly understood. This piece describes their relevance for everything from AI to law and education, the role of centres of governments to regulation. Most public institutions are still stuck in late 19th-century silo structures: these are some of the alternatives. geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/s…
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Startups in India and Indonesia are bypassing expensive Silicon Valley chips to build "frugal AI" models that run on low-end devices and offline hardware restofworld.org/2026/frugal-…
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At the @OfficialINDIAai Summit?Join me today as I moderate this panel with rich experience and insights on Open AI Platforms with Pradeep Gupta @nvidia,Tanvi Lal @PeoplePlusAI, Vineet Singh @digitalgreenorg Trust, Sravanath Aluru Avataar.ai & Jibu Elias @mozilla foundation.
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🤖It’s #IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 week in New Delhi! As we gear up for this global summit, India continues to demonstrate what’s possible when digital infrastructure, skills, and governance advance together with a human-centric lens.
Insights and analysis in @UNDPasiapac Next Great Divergence report amplifies main message: turning AI adoption into people-centered development outcomes is a winning strategy to make sure many more millions benefit and prosper!
Read the @UNDP report: go.undp.org/5Ak
#IndiaAIImpactSummit #AIforDevelopmentlead
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Driving a Green Transition in Dhangadhi
@UNDPNepal, together with Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City, has implemented a Green Transition Portfolio to advance sustainable, circular, and resilient urban development. The portfolio brings together interventions across waste circularity, nature-based solutions, green skills, and inclusive governance—creating green jobs and strengthening local institutions.
📍This week’s learning workshop created space for collective reflection on early results—documenting lessons, identifying gaps, and refining pathways to scale, replicate, and integrate successful initiatives into policy and practice.
Speaking at the event, Mayor of Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City, Gopal Hamal, stated “Working together under @UNDP’s Green Transition portfolio, we are taking forward efforts to make Dhangadhi a more sustainable city. By introducing the concept of 'Upcycling', UNDP is covering areas from creating green jobs to strengthening sustainable waste management. Additionally, through initiatives that are training representatives from 84 palikas on circular and green economy practices, Dhangadhi is now emerging as a pilot model for the province and for Nepal.”
Similarly UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, Julien Chevillard added “UNDP’s Green Transition portfolio is supporting Dhangadhi with a range of interventions such as e-waste management, green restoration, green skills development, and energy-efficient buildings amongst many others. Through this workshop, we are reviewing the impact of these initiatives and making necessary adjustments to enhance their effectiveness and efficiency. I thank the Mayor for his leadership in creating an enabling space for collaboration, and for positioning Dhangadhi as a model from which other cities can learn, contributing to a more sustainable Nepal.”
Together with the local government, communities, youth, women, and the private sector, we are accelerating a green transition that works for people, planet, and prosperity.
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Cambodian delegation completes study tour on India’s digital ID systems 🪪khmertimeskh.com/501802808/c… @UNDP_India 🙏🏼@UNDPCambodia
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Join us for the launch of the new report, The Next Great Divergence, on 2 December. Hear from experts on how countries can ensure that AI serves inclusive and sustainable human progress. #AI4HD
Livestream link: youtube.com/live/cwQLIHRbtvc…
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Asia-Pacific is at the center of the AI transformation, where innovation races ahead, but gaps in skills, infrastructure, and limited governance guard rails risk leaving many behind.
Next week, we launch our @UNDPasiapac 2025 flagship report that captures the forward-looking story: The Next Great Divergence.
AI can be a force for convergence or a driver of inequality between countries. The difference lies in a few critical decisions we will take today.
A glimpse here: go.undp.org/i7B
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Honoured to be appointed as the next @UNDP Administrator.
At a time when the world needs cooperation, action and impact more than ever, I’m grateful to @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres and Member States for their trust.
Looking forward to joining the UNDP team.
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Export Boom Atlas - the playbooks behind 82 export booms in emerging economies since 1995 (AI analysis) exportbooms.org/
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@MCIT_Samoa collaborates with @UNDP_Samoa to strengthen readiness in #AI with #trust #safety. There was great energy & enthusiasm in 2-day workshop highlighting #AIModels be locally built, culturally sensitive & linguistically conscious for 🇼🇸 #EconomicGrowth & #SocialInclusion
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🆕 2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure Report
The latest report by @IIPP_UCL Policy Fellow @JordynFetter, Research Fellow Krisstina Rao, and Professor @daeaves provides a unique insight into the global state of #DPI
🔗 Read the report here: buff.ly/bS4HkI4
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#SriLanka featured at the @GlobalDPISummit #CapeTown interactive session on “Shaping DPI Leadership in #AsiaPacific”!
Joining the session, Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, Chief Advisor to H.E. President of #SriLanka on Digital Economy 🇱🇰, highlighted the critical need for governments to break ministerial silos and enable seamless interoperability. He shared insights on innovative institutional mechanisms and governance models that can drive effective #DigitalPublicInfrastructure coordination across sectors, paving the way for robust digital public infrastructure ecosystems in the region.
The @UNDP- @ADB_HQ Asia #DPIStewards Cohort was also announced as a collaborative platform to sustain ongoing regional dialogue and build capabilities. The session reaffirmed that DPI leadership is a shared journey—let’s commit to working together to turn policy into practice and build the institutions that will power Asia’s digital future.
@UNDPasiapac @UNDP_InnoAP @mode_srilanka @CitraLabLK
