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Meeting of the UNDG A-P Bangkok, March 1-2 2011

UN Positioning in Middle Income Countries Resource Compilation. Meeting of the UNDG A-P Bangkok, March 1-2 2011. Content ________________________________________________________________. Overview: Middle Income Countries in Asia-Pacific WHAT: Key Development Challenges in MICs in A-P

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Meeting of the UNDG A-P Bangkok, March 1-2 2011

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  1. UN Positioning in Middle Income Countries Resource Compilation Meeting of the UNDG A-P Bangkok, March 1-2 2011

  2. Content ________________________________________________________________ Overview: Middle Income Countries in Asia-Pacific WHAT: Key Development Challenges in MICs in A-P HOW: Repositioning the UN system in MICs in A-P Next steps

  3. Middle Income Countries in Asia-Pacific • 25 MICs in A-P • 20 of these are Lower MICs • 5 are Upper MICs • 6 MICs in • A-P are also LDCs Data: The World Bank, 2011; UN.org: Quick Facts 2011

  4. WHAT: Key development challenges in MICs________________________________________________________________ • Poverty and inequality • Environmental challenges • Economic governance deficits • Democratic governance deficits

  5. HOW:Repositioning the UN system in MICs in A-P________________________________________________________________________ Repositioning challenge – diversity of size, socio-economic factors, political systems and development challenges diversity in the development status and needs of MIC countries in the region Adjust to need for “up-stream” policy advice and MICs’ decreasing dependence on ODA Facilitate the sharing of MICs’ development experiences with LICs and LDCs Capitalize on growing potential of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in MICs Enhance ownership by stakeholders in development cooperation Programmatic considerations

  6. Next steps________________________________________________________________ Comments and suggestions on the MIC Resource Compilation through the “ONE UN: Teamworks” online platform of the UNDP-AP Workshop with key UNCT and UNDG representatives and experts to develop concrete process guidance for future UN engagement and positioning in MICs

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