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-TLS_O_3
Enhanced quality of programmes through knowledge, innovation, RBM & evaluation
Timor Leste country office conducted a session to all UN Women staff focusing more on RBM during a 3-day retreat. The objectives of the learning include the rational and mechanism of using the system, the definition, and its principles of the UN Development Group. This interactive session triggered some positive reaction/response from all staff indicating their improved understanding and awareness of the importance of the system and enhancing their confidence to provide more accurate inputs for reporting with more quality. Following the capacity building conducted during the country office 3-day retreat, the Monitoring and Reporting Analyst has closely liaised with programme, communication, and operation teams to plan, revise, and submit every quarterly reports with correct supporting documents in a timely manner. The liaison included timeline (schedules) for the reporting, starting from the final draft provided by each team under DRRF and OEEF, revision by M&R Analyst and HoO, and the submission to RMS by each responsible person from each programme team.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-TLS_O_4
Improved management of financial and human resources in pursuit of results
The TLCO demonstrated improved management of the CO, illustrated by increased delivery from 76% in 2021 to 79% in 2022 (retaining 99% utilization on a budget of USD 3.16 million, compared to 98% of USD 2,8 million in 2021), timely submission of high-quality quarterly monitoring reports, donor reports; compliance with safety and security, month-end closure and related processes; and successful mobilization of US 1.4 million to be implemented for 18 months, securing the RM target under the second phase of EU-UN Spotlight Initiative. The CO has maintained strong partnerships with external partners incl. contributing to the Government Aid transparency portal.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-TLS_O_5
Advancing business transformation
As part of BOS implementation, UN Women is continuedly engaged in the HACT, HR and ICT working groups and has facilitated sharing of LTAs and consultancy lists across the UN agencies, funds and programmes. The CO has also closely aligned its programmes within the UN Cooperation Framework and developed a draft model for better allocation of Direct Project Management Costs in the design of joint programmes, which represent over 33% of the CO’s programme in 2022Showing 6 - 8 of 8
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