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UNDP and the Social CharterStrategic Responses & Initiatives
George Gray MolinaChief Economist
Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
October 2012
Presentation
• OAS Social Charter• UNDP’s work in the region– At the country level– At the regional level
• Challenges for Middle Income Countries– Financing– Operational
Core Focus AreasGlobal Agenda & Local Implementation
Strong MDG mandate
Provisional expenditures by focus area
Source: The Sustainable Future We Want, UNDP Annual Report 2011/2012
Provisional expenditures by region
Source: The Sustainable Future We Want, UNDP Annual Report 2011/2012
Latin America and the Caribbean2011 Budget & Expenditures by focus area
About 30% of the LAC portfolio focuses on poverty issues
Poverty reduction & MDGs 2011 Program Budget & Expenditures
Around 70% of the poverty portfolio is MDG-related,
Regional InitiativesCross-cutting themes
• A Middle Income Country Agenda: The High Hanging Fruit
• MDG Acceleration Framework• Post-2015 Agenda• Fiscal Equity Toolkit• Missing Dimensions of Poverty & Well Being
Middle Income Agenda: High-Hanging Fruit of Social Progress
Many social achievements show diminishing marginal returns. Improving one additional year of
Low-hanging fruit refers to “easy gains” given growth trajectory, high-hanging fruit refers to more difficult gains…
Low hanging fruit = high marginal returns
High hanging fruit = low marginal returns
The Preston Curve
Continued…• Low hanging fruit51 million people lifted out of
poverty between 2002 and present.
Mostly male, mostly in the service sectors, mostly urban and mostly form 25 to 49 years of age.
Poverty reduction mostly led by labor income has led the transformation, social protection second, demographics third.
• High hanging fruit170 million people still under the
poverty line, 70 million under the indigence line.
Mostly young and old, mostly female, mostly rural and mostly indigenous and afro-descendents excluded from windfall.
Poverty reduction need to become more balanced: inclusive development, capacities and opportunities for all.
MAF
– By December 2012, more than 30 nations will be in the process of implementing their tailor-made acceleration action plans
– Regional observatory of MDG national progress reports
– MDGs Community of Practice
– In LAC: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Peru
Post-2015 Development Agenda
Fiscal Equity Toolkit
3-step strategy:
1.Diagnosis of fiscal and institutional bottlenecks behind social protection, social service and labor policies 2.Development of a policy toolkit to help country offices focus on places where UNDP might have highest impact 3.Creation of a fiscal equity consultation process that provides regular updating and feedback.
Countries involved: Peru, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica
Missing Dimensions of Poverty
• Aims to capture subjective, psychological and material deprivations that affect well-being and understand how these might vary over population group and across time
• Crucial to address the “high-hanging fruit” in the LAC region
ChallengesThe MDGs have provided an anchor for much of what UNDP does in the LAC region. The Post-2015 agenda will address what comes after the MDGs, both on Missing Dimensions, Sustainable Development Goals, Middle Income Traps, Citizen Security and Environmental Challenges after Rio + 20.
•On the financing side: Core resources for UNDP operations are shrinking, as non-core resources are growing. LAC is a leader in local service financing, closer to the needs of governments but also constrained by trends in fiscal equity. •On the operational side: Middle income agenda involves the high-hanging fruit of social and economic progress. Much to do: 170 million under the poverty line, 70 million under the indigence line. Highest inequality in the world. Highest insecurity in the world. Need a new MIC development model.