Region:Asia Pacific
Current UN Women Plan Period Afghanisthan:2018-2022
World Bank Income Classification:Low Income
The World Bank classifies economies for analytical purposes into four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high income. For this purpose it uses gross national income (GNI) per capita data in U.S. dollars, converted from local currency using the World Bank Atlas method, which is applied to smooth exchange rate fluctuations.
Least Developed Country:Yes
Since 1971, the United Nations has recognized LDCs as a category of States that are deemed highly disadvantaged in their development process, for structural, historical and also geographical reasons. Three criteria are used: per capita income, human assets, and economic vulnerability.
Gender Inequality Index:0.575
GII is a composite metric of gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market. A low GII value indicates low inequality between women and men, and vice-versa.
Gender Development Index:0.723
GDI measures gender inequalities in achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: health, education, and command over economic resources.
Population:209,497,025
Source of population data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision
Male:19,976,265 (9.5%)
Female:189,520,760 (90.5%)
outcome XM-DAC-41146-RWA_O_4
Improved management of financial and human resources in pursuit of results
The Country office has filled all planned positions including the Finance Assistant under UNV contractual modality, the Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Reporting Specialist (PMER) through Service contract modality and the Coordination Specialist Consultant and the Junior Communication Consultant. The completion rate of mandatory courses stood at 92% while the percentage of staff completing training on anti-fraud and accountability was at 80% and PSEA stood at 90%. The percentage of 2021 PMD completion rate stands at 100% and the 2022 IWP stands as well at 87%. In 2022, UN Women Rwanda has further strengthened a culture of risk management, accountability and harmonization of business practices in its operations. In order to ensure full compliance in Risk management, the Regional Office has organized a training in Risk management and the UN Trust Fund did the same with the aim to harmonise Financial Reporting through strengthening the coordination and implementation mechanism of the Procedure for the Allocation and Use of the UNTF Support Cost for Grants Management by Field Offices (Service Level Framework). The Country office has put in place all the common services requirements through UNDP to allow better service delivery.Showing 11 - 11 of 11
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References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).