UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

FUNDING COMPENDIUM
2020
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Contents Foreword
In 2020, the COVID-19 virus humbled from other sources, and achieve results in
FOREWORD 03 humanity and set in motion a development underfunded areas. Regular resources also
emergency like no other. This tiny virus has allows us to continue our strong support to
UNDP IN 2020 04 also necessitated the imperative for greater low- and middle-income countries, and to
international solidarity and collective action, invest in people, knowledge, risk management
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 06
without which the world could not recover and and operational efficiencies.
THE YEAR WE FOUGHT A VIRUS 08 rebound. UNDP took the opportunity to step
As countries continue to battle the pandemic,
up and be a better version of itself. In 6 days,
RESOURCES BY FUNDING TYPE 10 real and potential funding cuts from partners
UNDP was able to transition to digital work
emerge and pressure on Official Development
and helped 82 countries to keep functioning
RESOURCES BY FUNDING PARTNER 12 Assistance (ODA) continues to mount. We
remotely to deliver essential public services.
call on our partners to refrain from cutting
RESOURCES BY FUNDING CHANNEL 16 As the technical lead for the socio–economic
and avoid redirecting ODA away from global
response, UNDP led the United Nations system-
CONTRIBUTION TO UNDP 2020 32 human development when it is needed the
wide efforts to develop 144 socio–economic
most. UNDP will continue to rely on your
impact assessments across 97 countries and
flexible and predictable funding to get us
119 response plans, generating critical data
back on track to achieving the SDGs and
for decision-making and ensuring that support
regaining the development setbacks caused
reached the most vulnerable groups.
by the pandemic.
The generous and unwavering financial
Thank you for supporting UNDP during this
support from our partners has been key
challenging period — and for helping us fulfill
to allowing UNDP to respond to countries’
our critical mission.
needs with agility and effectiveness. Regular
resources, in particular, played a critical role
in enabling UNDP to quickly deploy funds,
procure essential life-saving services, ensure
business continuity for many Governments and
build digital capabilities to continue providing
basic services. Regular resources make it
possible for a strong international development
architecture to exist, which Member States,
people and partners can rely on to respond to
global crises and advance common aspirations
– i.e., achieving the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs).

We sincerely thank our resource partners

who invested in UNDP, especially those who Ulrika Modéer
contributed to regular resources, as it remains Assistant Secretary-General
the most flexible and critical for us to respond and Assistant Administrator
rapidly in crisis situations, lay the foundational Bureau of External Relations
work in programme design to attract funding and Advocacy
 UNDP 2020
With UNDP support, millions
of people improved their lives.
118 COUNTRIES
US$5.6 BILLION are part of UNDP’s
in revenue 50:50 Climate Promise, delivered with
gender parity across
UNDP’s leadership 35 PARTNERS
62 COUNTRIES
have Integrated National
Financing Frameworks in
place for the SDGs

20,000 PEOPLE
working together across

170 COUNTRIES
and territories RANKED NO.1
for transparency across the
US$355 MILLION United Nations
more for development
through efficiency and
institutional performance
16 MILLION
people in 32 countries gained
access to justice
62 MILLION
people had access to basic
and financial services

6 DAYS
for UNDP to go digital
during the pandemic,
60+ countries supported
to do the same

115 COUNTRIES 82 COUNTRIES

supported to strengthen
covered by the UNDP
social protection during the
Accelerator Lab Network
COVID-19 pandemic
74%
of 26 million new voters
registered in 24 countries
were women

3 MILLION
7 OF UNDP’S 10 PEOPLE
largest country programmes 43% women, US$1 BILLION
are in crisis settings in 27 crisis-affected to help countries prepare,
4 countries got a job or a respond, and recover 5
better livelihood in 2020 from COVID-19
 Executive Summary Highlights in 2020
13% increase in core resources 

The Funding Compendium presents the annual contributions received by UNDP from its funding partners, through
a variety of channels including Regular Resources (“core”) and Other Resources, which range in earmarking from
Increase in regular resource contributions in
softly earmarked thematic funds to tightly earmarked funds for specific programmes or projects. 2020 to $696 million from $616 million in 2019 


50% of core backed by multi-year pledges

$346M in contributions to UNDP’s core
resources came from multi-year pledges
Total annual contributions1 to UNDP
Total annual contributions to UNDP in 2020 increased by 16 per cent to $5.6 billion from $4.8
billion in 2019. Of this total, $2.2 billion or 39 per cent was from donor country governments, 21% increase in Funding Windows
another $2.2 billion or 39 per cent was from multilateral partners, and $1.2 billion or 22 per cent Contributions to Funding Windows increased
was from programme country governments. by 21% (to $125M from $103M in 2019)

43% increase in government financing

Regular resources Contributions from government financing
Contributions to regular resources increased by 13 per cent to $696 million, from $616 million in increased by 43% (­to $1.1B from $790M in 2019)
2019. The proportion of regular resources, however, remained at 13 per cent. Multi-year commitments
amounted to $346 million, or 50 per cent of regular resources contributions.
77% increase in pooled UN funds
Contributions received as a Participating UN
Organization (PUNO) increased by 77% from 2019
Other resources
Other resources contributions increased to $4.9 billion from $4.2 billion in 2019. Government financing
increased by 43 per cent to $1.1 billion from $790 million in 2019.
Commitment to transparency and accountability
LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY
In 2020, UNDP demonstrated its agility through the speed and scale of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic,
As a member of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) since its creation in 2008, UNDP
improved its efficiency ratio, increased regular resources allocated to development programmes, balanced its
has led outreach efforts with partner countries and UN agencies to champion the aid transparency
budget for a 4th consecutive year, and remained the most transparent United Nations organization, solidifying
standard and make it relevant for national development planning, public financial management and
its position as a strong investment partner and a key player in United Nations reform.
mutual accountability of aid, development and humanitarian funding. In 2020, UNDP was again rated
UNDP will continue to strengthen partnerships to secure stable, predictable, and flexible funding to deliver on by Publish What You Fund as the most transparent UN organization.
its Strategic Plan, and scale up development results to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
UNDP’s Transparency Portal publishes details on over 4,000 projects, including those contributing
directly to the COVID-19 response, with links to profile pages for every donor. The portal also shows
UNDP’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals and offers an online training platform on
the IATI Standard open to all

PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY ACROSS THE UN SYSTEM

UNDP actively participated in defining and implementing a set of UN data standards (UN Data Cube)
for system-wide financial reporting.

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In 2019, UNDP refined its accounting policy on International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS) 23 (non-exchange) revenues.
Following the policy, UNDP records the full value of funding agreements when signed, even when cash has not been received for the PUBLISHING AUDIT REPORTS
majority of the contribution agreements. Any uncollected cash associated with funding agreements is held as a receivable. Under the UNDP has been publishing audit reports issued by the Office of Audit and Investigations since
UNDP financial regulations and rules, UNDP is permitted to spend only up to the amount of cash received; hence, “annual contribu-
tions”’ are presented to align with the past revenue recognition policies for contributions (i.e., cash received in a reporting year, plus
2012, and has had unqualified (clean) financial statements audit reports from UNBOA for 16
receivables due in a reporting year) where applicable in this document. consecutive years.

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 The year we fought a virus
UNDP leveraged its $1B Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria partnership to:

Deliver
Train nearly
Managing the COVID-19 crisis, building forward better $200M 280,000
IN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN
AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
COVID-19 heightened awareness of connections between the pandemic and habitat loss, the climate DIAGNOSTICS TO 107 COUNTRIES
emergency, growing inequalities, contested democratic values and protracted conflicts – and the need
Support
to act as one in response, taking a big-picture approach.
Protect nearly
Support almost

1.2M 56,900
UNDP’s two COVID-19 response offers – Prepare, Respond, Recover, launched in March, and Beyond
Recovery, Towards 2030, which followed in June – along with their accompanying rapid financing frame-
900,000 INFORMAL
PRIVATE SECTOR
COMPANIES the majority
JOBS
works, kept the organization and its development investors focused on the urgent and the important. WORKERS small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs)
This supported a fast, scaled and coherent corporate response to the development emergency of the
pandemic, as part of the overall UN system response.

When the virus hit, UNDP went digital in just 6 days so that it could stay and serve and help others to do In addition:
the same. Its efforts delivered concrete local results, helping governments and health systems to keep
functioning, protecting jobs and livelihoods and getting cash and basic services to those in need. All
1.8M 3M
while helping to create the local and global conditions for countries to build forward better in line with
Agenda 2030. PEOPLE
PEOPLE
got access to critical water
788,000
PEOPLE
directly benefited and sanitation services, benefited from
from cash transfer
HALF OF psychosocial support
programmes
THEM WOMEN

As the UN’s technical lead on its socio-economic response, UNDP worked with partners on
critical analysis to help guide decision-making:

5,300
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
received UNDP support to fight the pandemic and its
144 119 HALF included
SOCIO-ECONOMIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC engagement and insight
“shadows”, including gender-based violence, human from the WORLD BANK,
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS RESPONSE PLANS
rights abuses and racism and discrimination a THIRD from the IMF
across 97 countries led by UNDP prepared with UN partners

Meanwhile, progress was made on UNDP, UN, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-
DESA), and European Union efforts to develop Integrated National Financing Frameworks in 62 countries, 40%
of which are now aligned with countries’ COVID-19 response plans as a result.
UNDP helped

6,700
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
These macro-level interventions – made possible through multiple partnerships – are helping to guide govern-
ments’ public policy decisions amid unprecedented complexity. UNDP’s ability to understand the details and to
connect the dots with and for others allows us to create impact at a global scale.
ACROSS 82 COUNTRIES
to keep working
(81% subnational entities)

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 Regular and other resources, 2020
In 2020, annual contributions to UNDP amounted to $5.6 billion, representing an increase of 16 per cent
compared to 2019. Contributions to regular resources increased from $616 million to $696 million, while
contributions to other resources increased to $4.9 billion from $4.2 billion in 2019. Regular resources are
critical for UNDP to support low-income and least developed countries to eradicate poverty, respond to crises
with agility, test innovative approaches and fill resource gaps in underfunded areas.

87% 13%
2019 $4,180m $616m

2020 87% 13%

$4,867m $696m

RESOURCES BY
FUNDING TYPE Other resources Regular resources

Regular and other resources trend, 2016-2020

Over the past five years, UNDP has seen a modest growth in annual contributions from $4.9 billion in 2016 to
$5.6 billion in 2020.

Regular resources annual contributions increased by 13 per cent in 2020. However, the proportion of regular
resources remains at 13 per cent, driven by the increasing growth of earmarked other resources, undermining
the investments required for long-term sustainability.

$6 $5.6
$5.2
$4.9 $4.9 $4.8
$5

$4

$ in billions
87%
88% $4.9
$3 88% $4.6 87%
87%
$4.3 $4.2
$4.2
$2

$1
13% 12% 12% 13% 13%
$0.6 $0.6 $0.6 $0.6 $0.7
0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Regular resources Other resources Total

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 UNDP is funded from a variety of partners – Member States, multilateral organizations, non-governmental
entities, private and philanthropic sectors, and financing institutions. UNDP values all types of funding it
receives, allowing it to deliver on its commitments. The chart below shows a by partner breakdown of total
annual contributions received in 2020. Donor country governments remain the biggest contributors followed
by multilateral partners and programme country governments.

Resources by partner group, 2020

Vertical funds,
$988m, 18%

RESOURCES BY Programme country

FUNDING PARTNER
governments,
$1,221m, 22%

UN pooled funds,
$438m, 8%
Multilaterals,
$2,158m, 39%
Resources by
partner group,
2020

European Union,
$483m, 9%

Donor country
governments,
$2,185m, 39%
Financial institutions,
$63m, 1%

UN agencies, $105m, 2%

Private sector, foundations,

NGOs, and others, $81m, 1%

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 Top 30 regular and other resources partners, 2020
UNDP thanks its top 30 resource partners who contributed $4.8 billion, or 87 per cent of total annual
contributions in 2020.

$ in millions
$100 $200 $300 $400 $500

Germany $484
European Union $483
Multi Partner Trust Funds $438
Vertical fund - GEF $370
Vertical fund - GFATM $323
Japan $306
United States $262
Dominican Republic $238
Vertical fund- Green Climate $236
Sweden $197
Argentina $176
United Kingdom $162
Norway $116
Switzerland $112
UN Agencies $105
Netherlands $95
Denmark $86
Italy $75
Canada $72
Ukraine $70
Egypt $59
Republic of Korea $59
World Bank Group $52
Honduras $49
India $41
Colombia $39
Saudi Arabia $36
Cameroon $34
Australia $32
Montreal Protocol $32

Other resources Regular resources

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 Resources by funding channel, 2016 – 2020
$5.6b
$5.2b
$4.9b $4.8b
$4.9b
$427
$357
$351 $341 $696
$464
$624
$619 $612
$616
$992

RESOURCES BY
$914

$ in millions
$905 $867
$862

FUNDING CHANNEL
$1,030 $1,126
$891 $1,025
$790

UNDP receives its funding through various channels as described below. In 2020, UNDP witnessed a
growth in funding with total annual contributions increasing by 16 per cent, funding from regular resources
increasing by 13 per cent, thematic funding increasing by 21 per cent, and other resources increasing $1,981 $1,917 $2,101 $1,889 $2,116
by 16 per cent. The share of earmarked resources, however, continues to make up 85 per cent of total
contributions, with regular resources remaining at 13 per cent and thematic funding at 2 per cent.

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

REGULAR “core” RESOURCES

Unearmarked funds that are foundational to delivering results across the Strategic Plan.

OTHER RESOURCES
Earmarked funds for specific themes, programmes or projects.

Government Financing
A voluntary funding mechanism by which programme country Governments entrust their domestic resources, or loans
extended by financial institution (IFIs), to UNDP to assist in the implementation of development initiatives in their respective
countries.

Thematic Funds
Softly earmarked pooled funds designed to support the achievement of outcomes aligned with the Strategic Plan, and
address issues that cut across thematic areas.

Third Party Cost Sharing

Earmarked contributions for a specific programme, project, region, or country.

UN Pooled Funds
A UN inter-agency financing mechanism supporting clearly defined programmatic scopes and results frameworks,
enabling global and local responses to humanitarian, development, environmental, and peace-related challenges.

Vertical Funds
Earmarked funds for a single area of development – e.g., health or environment.

Reimbursable Support Services

Funds for management and support services, including for UN Volunteers and the Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme.

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 REGULAR “core” RESOURCES TOP 10 CONTRIBUTORS TO REGULAR RESOURCES, 2020
Thank you to our top 10 contributors of 2020.

Regular resources (core) underpin UNDP’s operational capacity, networks and presence at global, regional
and country levels, across 170 countries and territories, and enables UNDP to provide on-demand support to
Governments as part of the broader UN System support.
Germany United Japan United Sweden Norway
Being the most flexible funding modality, core enables UNDP to lay the foundational work in programme
States Kingdom
design that will help attract additional funding from other sources. Core’s flexibility allowed UNDP to quickly
repurpose existing core funds to provide direct support for the needs of countries, including those in crisis
settings; and tackle emerging challenges and opportunities such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Switzerland Canada Denmark Netherlands

Core is central to UNDP’s

PARTNERS WHO INCREASED THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO REGULAR RESOURCES, 2020
long-standing relationship
and trust with governments
before, during and
after a crisis United
Czech Denmark Finland Germany Israel Japan
Republic States

11 PARTNERS WITH MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES TO REGULAR RESOURCES

2019 2020 2021 2022

AUSTRALIA
In 2020, we received BELGIUM

$696 MILLION in core contributions CANADA

(a 13% increase of $80M from 2019) DENMARK
NETHERLANDS
NORWAY
In 2020, UNDP received $696 million in core contributions, a 13% increase from 2019, of which, 50 per cent QATAR
came from multi-year commitments. This included a record 126% increase from Germany, with increases also
SWEDEN
from Denmark, Japan, US, Finland, Czech Republic and Israel. Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Iran and Latvia
SWITZERLAND
returned as contributors or began contributing to UNDP’s core resources.
TURKEY

UNITED KINGDOM

49 CONTRIBUTORS TO REGULAR RESOURCES, 2020

1 Germany $126,475,402 9 Denmark $23,953,867 18 New Zealand $5,188,067 27 Thailand $865,112 36 Indonesia $ 70,000 45 Cuba $5,051

2 United States ** $93,502,236 10 Netherlands $23,894,863 19 India ** $4,691,168 28 Bangladesh $500,000 37 Portugal $50,000 Antigua and
46 Barbuda $2,500
3 Japan $71,177,567 11 Belgium $11,848,341 20 China $3,800,000 29 United Arab Emirates $324,000 38 Liechtenstein $26,417
47 Philippines $2,500
4 United Kingdom $70,068,969 12 France $10,474,894 21 Luxembourg $3,275,109 30 Kuwait $ 320,000 39 Mongolia $17,000
48 Myanmar $831
5 Sweden $65,352,697 13 Australia $9,176,845 22 Finland $2,171,553 31 Singapore $300,000 40 Latvia $11,947
49 Albania $500
6 Norway $52,517,033 14 Ireland $8,414,767 23 Saudi Arabia $2,000,000 32 Estonia* $171,465 41 Andorra $11,204

7 Switzerland $51,237,113 15 Qatar $8,000,000 24 Turkey $ 1,800,000 33 Czech Republic $158,328 42 Cambodia $10,000 *Includes 2021 contribution received in
2020 and recorded as 2020 income.
8 Canada $28,632,785 16 Republic of Korea $6,816,324 25 Austria $1,187,648 34 Israel $ 100,000 43 Iran $10,000 **Includes contribution for 2019 received
in 2020.
17 Italy $5,924,171 26 Russian Federation $1,100,000 35 Iceland $75,059 44 Pakistan $6,062
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 REGULAR RESOURCES FROM MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES, 2016-2020
OTHER RESOURCES
$700
$600 Other resources are earmarked for specific themes, programmes or projects, and represent a critical complement
$ in millions

$500 41% 50% to the regular resources base. Other resources are channeled to UNDP through government financing, thematic
72% 57%
$400 78% 71% Funding Windows, UN pooled funds, vertical funds, or third-party cost sharing.
$300
$200 In 2020, other resources increased by 16 per cent to $4.9 billion from $4.2 billion in 2019, comprising 87 percent
59% 50%
43% of total contributions.
$100 28% 22% 29%

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

From multi-year pledges Not from multi-year pledges

TOP 10 RECIPIENT UNDP OFFICES OF OTHER RESOURCES, 2020

Government contributions to local office costs (GLOC)

Government contributions to local office costs (GLOC) are an important source of revenue and can take the
form of in-kind or cash contributions by host governments. In the low and middle-income countries categories,
10. Ukraine
$27 million was received in 2020 (2019: 26 million), consisting of cash contributions of $19 million ($12 million
for 2020 targets and $7 million against arrears) and in-kind contributions of $8 million for premises and utilities.
2. Iraq

1. Afghanistan

GLOC CONTRIBUTIONS BY TOP 10 HOST GOVERNMENTS, 2020

8. Lebanon

9. Nigeria
$1.5

$1.2 7. Brazil
$ in millions

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 Other Resources - Thematic Funds CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNDP FUNDING WINDOWS, 2020

Thematic funds (Funding Windows) are softly earmarked pooled funds designed to support the achievement
$90
of Strategic Plan outcomes and address issues that cut across thematic areas. $81.5m
$80 $6.7m
In 2020, contributions to UNDP’s Funding Windows increased by 21 per cent to $125 million from $103
million in 2019, making up 2 per cent of total annual contributions. $70
$22.2m
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$ in millions
UNDP FUNDING WINDOWS CONTRIBUTORS, 2020
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Special thanks go to our 2020 Funding Windows Contributors: $41.1m
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 Other Resources - UN Pooled Funds 15 government partners contributed a total of $740 million to the top 15 UN pooled funds received by UNDP
in 2019. The 15 contributors are listed below:

United Nations Pooled Funds are a UN inter-agency financing mechanism supporting clearly defined
TOP 15 CONTRIBUTORS TO SHARE OF TOTAL RECEIVED BY
programmatic scopes and results frameworks enabling global and local responses to humanitarian,
THE 15 FUNDS THE 15 FUNDS
development, environmental, and peace-related challenges.
European Union 24%
In 2020, UNDP, as a participating United Nations organization, increased its engagement in and income
from inter-agency pooled funds by 77 per cent. In previous years, a significant portion of pooled funding Germany 15%
came through UNDP as a management agent for humanitarian funds. This function shifted to OCHA in 2020,
resulting in a dip in the amount of pooled funding received in 2020 to $438 million, from $477 million in 2019. Norway 12%

Sweden 10%

TOP 15 UN POOLED FUNDS RECEIVED BY UNDP AS A PARTICIPATING Netherlands 9%

UN ORGANIZATION, 2019
$ in millions Canada 6%

Afghanistan LOFTA MPTF $135 United Kingdom 6%

Peacebuilding Fund $64 Denmark 5%

Spotlight Initiative Fund $33 Switzerland 3%

Somalia Multi Window Trust Fd $28

Australia 2%

Finland 2%
Joint SDG Fund $20

New Zealand 1%
JP Yemen ERRY II $12

Republic of Korea 1%
UN COVID-19 Response & Recover $11

Italy 1%
Central African Forest Init. $10
France 1%
Colombia Peace UNMPTF $9

JP Myanmar Women Empowerment $7

UN POOLED FUNDING TO UNDP, 2016-2020

PNG UN Country Fund $6

$500 $477
$438
Albania SDG Acceleration Fund $5
$400 $372
$352 $344
W. Balkans SALW Control MPTF $4
$300
$ in millions

$4
JP oPt Rule of Law II
$200

$4
UNPRPD Disability Fund
$100

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

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 Other Resources - Government Financing CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOVERNMENT FINANCING, 2016-2020
$1,126
$1,025 $1,030 $52
Government financing is a voluntary funding mechanism by which programme country Governments $28 $47 $95
$1,000 $891
entrust their domestic resources, or loans extended by financial institution (IFIs), to UNDP to assist in the $150 $85 $143
$790
$92 $176
$112

$ in millions
implementation of development initiatives in their respective countries. $800 $130 $44 $140
$68
$128 $223 $240 $124
In 2020, total contributions from programme country Governments amounted to $1.1 billion, a 43 per cent $600 $696
$138 $179
increase from $790 million in 2019, which means over one fifth of UNDP’s resource base was invested by
programme countries. Government financing made up 20 per cent of total annual contributions. $400 $512 $483
$403 $375
$200
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
TOP 30 CONTRIBUTORS TO GOVERNMENT FINANCING, 2020 Latin America and Europe and Arab States Africa Asia and the
the Caribbean the CIS Pacific
$ in millions
Dominican Republic $238
Argentina $176
Ukraine
Egypt $59
$70
Other Resources - Vertical Funds
Honduras $49 Vertical funds are earmarked for a single area of development – e.g., nature, climate, energy, or health.
Colombia $39 These funds are governed by Steering Committees and are not directly administered by UNDP.
Cameroon $34
Saudi Arabia $31 In 2020, UNDP received $988 million from vertical funds, a 15 per cent increase from $859 million
Brazil $25
in 2019.
Dominica $22
Paraguay $21
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VERTICAL FUNDS, 2018-2020
Panama $21
Guatemala $18

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$4
Bosnia and Herzegovina $18
Uruguay $18

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$13

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$3
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$3
Bolivia $12
Ecuador $11
India $11

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$2
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Timor-Leste $10
Serbia $9
Azerbaijan $7
Turkmenistan $7
China $7

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOVERNMENT FINANCING, 2016-2020
IN 2020, programme countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region contributed 62 per cent of total
government financing, followed by the Arab States region (13 per cent), Europe and the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) (12 per cent), Africa (8 per cent) and Asia and the Pacific (5 per cent). Montreal
Global Environment Global Fund Green Climate Adaptation Fund GAVI Forest Carbon
Facility Fund Protocol Partnership Facility
2018 2019 2020

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 Other Resources - Third-party cost sharing PARTNERING WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Third-party cost sharing makes up the largest share of earmarked other resources. In 2020, UNDP received Strengthening collaboration with International Financial Institutions (IFIs) remains a top priority for UNDP to help
$2.3 billion in third-party cost sharing, a 13 per cent increase from 2019, and accounting for 42 per cent of governments leverage the financing needed to achieve the SDGs, and address the socio-economic challenges
total contributions, with a significant share coming from donor governments as shown below. posed by COVID-19. UNDP worked closely with IFIs in the preparation of socio–economic impact assessments
and response plans.
$81m, 3% $74m, 3%

$104m, 5% In 2020, IFIs contributed $294 million to UNDP, a 1 per cent increase from 2019, composed of $63 million in
Donor governments direct grants; $126 million from KfW, the German development bank, reflected in the contributions of the German
$63m, 3%
Government to UNDP; and $105 million in indirect contributions to support government loan implementation.
European Union

Financial institutions
$483m
21% UN agencies TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY IFI, 2020 IFI CONTRIBUTION BY TYPE, 2016-2020
$1,507m
65% Programme governments IFAD, 2% $400 $387
Islamic
Development Others, 3%
Private companies, foundations,
Bank, 5% $290
NGOs and others $300
Inter-American
$294

$ in Millions
Development Bank, 7% $284

$200

$167
CABEI, 8%
PARTNERING WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION Total
Contributions $100
$294m
UNDP’s strategic partnership with the European Union (EU) focuses on achieving the Sustainable Development
Goals, building resilience, climate action and sustainable energy, and supporting private sector development
World Bank 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
and investment. Group, 32%
Indirect through Direct contribution Total
government financing
As a testament to the strength of their partnership, in 2020 the European Union was the second largest contributor
KFW, 43%
to UNDP, contributing a total of $483 million, including $154 million in new funding for COVID-19 response. The
largest recipients of these funds in 2020 were countries in Europe and CIS, the Arab States region and Africa.
In 2020, UNDP also signed a record-high 72 new agreements with the European Union worth 641 million euros.

TOP RECIPIENTS OF IFI FUNDING, 2016-2020

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION, 2016-2020

500 $483
$11
$21

400 $129
$337 $325 Lebanon $84m Syria $75m
$16 $15
$20 $269 $284
$ in millions

$9
300 $9
$49 $9 Palestine $95m Iraq $381m
$61 $16 $17 $130
$18 $18
$29 $45
200 $87 $73 Yemen $412m
$68 $50
$126
$68
$102
100
$142
$84 $132 $98 $64
$7
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Europe and Asia and the Arab States Africa Latin America and Global
the CIS Pacific the Caribbean
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 PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERING WITH THE UN FAMILY
Through its Finance Sector Hub, UNDP is accelerating its partnerships with the private sector, and helping Throughout 2020, UNDP invested in deepening its UN partnerships. These included joining forces with
governments unlock private and public finances for the SDGs. The Hub offers four flagship initiatives: SDG UNICEF on innovation, youth and entrepreneurship; the International Labour Organization (ILO) on work,
Impact, Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs), Insurance and Risk Facility, and Digital Financing. both present and future; the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and United Nations High Com-
missioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on livelihoods and digital solutions for people on the move; the United
In 2020, total contributions received from the private sector - including private companies, foundations, NGOs
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
and academic, training & research institutions - reached $70 million, a 79 per cent increase from $39m in 2019.
(FAO) on finding a balance between people and planet; the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
and the Broadband Commission to advance inclusive digital nations; and the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Development Coordination Office (DCO) to
TOP 10 PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTORS, 2020 advance a human rights-based approach in COVID-19 response plans.

$ in millions Our unified efforts to help countries tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts are another example of
UN Reform in action. UN country teams serving 162 countries and territories came together in an unprece-
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation $7
dented way in 2020, supporting authorities to address the multiple impacts of the pandemic. As the UN’s
BRA-Instituto Bras. Do Algodao $5 socio-economic technical lead, UNDP was part of a critical triad with OCHA and WHO and worked more
closely than ever with its development system counterparts. We co-led the development and implementa-
Aliko Dangote Foundation $4 tion of socio-economic assessments and contributed to developing and costing response plans.

Coca Cola Company $3 Looking ahead, UNDP will work alongside WHO and other UN entities to support equity, resilience and
sustainability in COVID-19 vaccination programmes.
BRA-Fund Sup Recovery Eco Acti $3

$3
UNDP also delivered services to the wider UN and administered funding on its behalf:
Citi Foundation

Paltel Group Foundation $3

Education Above All-AlFakhoora $3

Stiftung Auxilium $3

$131.3M 4.19 out of $1.5B

AIESEC $2
5 stars capitalization of the UN
$10.3M
administered by UNDP Multi-Partner Trust Fund
on behalf of the UN for client satisfaction, invested in RC
portfolios in 2020 (highest System by UNDP
Resident Coordinator recorded by new UN RC
ever; 20% increase for 2020
System in 2020 System Service Portal
compared to 2019)
PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTIONS, 2016-2020

$80 $75
$70
$70 $10
$60 $13
$51 $50
$50 $1 $33 Our top 10 UN partners working together across our Signature Solutions and beyond were:
$6
$ in millions

$9 $39 $21
$40
$7
$30 $22 $18
$9
$20 $36
$32
$10 $22 $23 $24

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Private Foundations NGOs Academic, training & Total

companies research institutions
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 Contributions to UNDP, 2020 Government Regular Other Total
Contributions to
local office costs
U-MIC/NCC
contributions *
In-kind
contributions

All amounts recorded on a cash basis, in United States dollars. Chad - $3,081,909 $3,081,909 - - -

Chile - $6,430,410 $6,430,410 - $628,000 $330,756

Contributions to U-MIC/NCC In-kind
Government Regular Other Total China $3,800,000 $22,759,100 $26,559,100 - $860,425 -
local office costs contributions * contributions

Albania $500 $471,112 $471,612 $333,238 - - Colombia - $38,788,198 $38,788,198 - - -

Algeria - $633,642 $633,642 $550,000 - - Comoros - $700,624 $700,624 $58,590 - $66,480

Andorra $11,204 - $11,204 - - - Cook Islands - - - - $75,645 -

Angola - $4,724,878 $4,724,878 $830,638 - $105,842 Costa Rica - $451,502 $451,502 - $669,199 -

Antigua and Barbuda $2,500 - $2,500 - - - Côte d'Ivoire - - - $345,751 - $83,740

Argentina - $176,490,412 $176,490,412 - - - Croatia - $1,310,492 $1,310,492 - - -

Armenia - $1,281,206 $1,281,206 $50,000 - $383,351 Cuba $5,051 - $5,051 - - -

Aruba - $39,517 $39,517 - - - Cyprus - $1,026,785 $1,026,785 - - $24,803

Australia $9,176,845 $22,685,507 $31,862,352 - - - Czech Republic $158,328 $1,367,476 $1,525,804 - - -

- Democratic People's
Austria $1,187,648 $6,800,888 $7,988,537 - - Republic of Korea - - - - - $59,991

Azerbaijan - $7,451,636 $7,451,636 - - $185,553 Denmark $23,953,867 $62,204,267 $86,158,134 - - $2,689,048

Bahrain - $1,176,525 $1,176,525 - $752,816 $174,431 Dominica - $21,536,000 $21,536,000 $42,549 - -

Bangladesh $500,000 $17,000 $517,000 $17,668 - - Dominican Republic - $237,672,038 $237,672,038 $237,095 - $72,297

Barbados - - - - - $406,761 Ecuador - $10,503,495 $10,503,495 $150,630 - -

Belarus - - - $171,495 - $163,566 Egypt -- $59,330,461 $59,330,461 $518,002 - -

Belgium $11,848,341 $4,320,601 $16,168,942 - - - El Salvador - $8,093,633 $8,093,633 - - -

Belize - - - $52,081 - $8,807 Equatorial Guinea - $1,993,634 $1,993,634 - $518,623 -

Bolivia, Plurinational
- $12,005,626 $12,005,626 $457,505 - - Eritrea - - - $150,000 - -
State of

Benin - $2,548,145 $2,548,145 $80,005 - $98,309 Estonia/1 $171,465 $71,915 $243,380 - - -

Bhutan - $26,211 $26,211 $103,791 - $31,595 Eswatini - $992,413 $992,413 $1,171,256 - -

Bosnia and Herzegovina - $25,151,858 $25,151,858 $799,087 - - Ethiopia - $1,203,829 $1,203,829 $141,187 - $205,895

Botswana - $2,017,239 $2,017,239 - $150,000 $34,358 Fiji - - - $399,136 - -

Brazil - $25,247,531 $25,247,531 - $424,040 - Finland $2,171,553 $12,815,845 $14,987,398 - - -

Burkina Faso - $412,350 $412,350 $196,263 - - France $10,474,894 $6,749,857 $17,224,750 - - -

Burundi - - - - - $120,549 Gabon - - - - - $83,579

Cambodia $10,000 $6,614,915 $6,624,915 $96,431 - - Gambia - $2,697,708 $2,697,708 $203,873 - -

Cameroon - $34,228,973 $34,228,973 $143,700 - - Georgia - $285,477 $285,477 $217,829 - $386,588

Central African Republic - $2,351,998 $2,351,998 - - $146,503 Germany $126,475,402 $357,234,988 $483,710,391 - - $767,628

Canada $28,632,785 $43,112,446 $71,745,231 - - - Ghana - - - - - $197,173

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 Contributions to U-MIC/NCC In-kind Contributions to U-MIC/NCC In-kind
Government Regular Other Total Government Regular Other Total
local office costs contributions * contributions local office costs contributions * contributions

Grenada - $97,976 $97,976 - - - Malawi - - - - - $45,335

Guatemala - $18,194,108 $18,194,108 $479,554 - - Malaysia - $1,240,558 $1,240,558 - $240,558 $972,133

Guinea-Bissau - $6,518,521 $6,518,521 - - - Maldives - - - $273,773 - -

Guyana - $11,912 $11,912 $95,036 - $116,965 Mali - $111,442 $111,442 $774,358 - -

Haiti - $616,988 $616,988 - - - Marshall Islands - $126,365 $126,365 $22,322 - -

Honduras - $48,691,364 $48,691,364 $35,776 - - Mauritania - $3,639,037 $3,639,037 $52,954 - -

Iceland $75,059 $200,000 $275,059 - - - Mauritius - $200,000 $200,000 - $284,047 -

India/2 $4,691,168 $36,521,231 $41,212,399 $128,736 - $235,373 Mexico - $10,284,926 $10,284,926 - $2,032,200 -

Indonesia $70,000 $4,658,447 $4,728,447 $834,420 - $79,068 Monaco - $5,795 $5,795 - - -

Iran, (Islamic Republic

$10,000 $481,239 $491,239 $16,244 - - Mongolia $17,000 $308,096 $325,096 $51,135 - $71,820
of) (the)

Iraq - $6,600,000 $6,600,000 - - - Montenegro - $2,301,601 $2,301,601 - $405,589 $151,547

Ireland $8,414,767 $3,929,511 $12,344,277 - - - Montserrat - - - $42,808 - -

Israel $100,000 - $100,000 - - - Morocco - $14,970,344 $14,970,344 $702,925 - -

Italy $5,924,171 $69,107,138 $75,031,308 - - - Mozambique - $4,629,679 $4,629,679 - - $152,460

Jamaica - $17,500 $17,500 $418,180 - $54,293 Myanmar $831 - $831 $484 - $229,759

Japan $71,177,567 $235,071,035 $306,248,602 - - $205,234 Namibia - - - $144,597 - $302,219

Jordan - $437,853 $437,853 $399,047 - - Nepal - $5,315,313 $5,315,313 $138,887 - -

Kazakhstan - $4,687,350 $4,687,350 - $1,300,000 $134,453 Netherlands $23,894,863 $70,692,030 $94,586,893 - - -

Kenya - - - $253,549 - - New Zealand $5,188,067 $10,804,998 $15,993,066 - - -

Kiribati - - - $33,549 - - Niger - $2,984,164 $2,984,164 - - $469,369

Kosovo ( as per UNSCR Nigeria - $3,244,813 $3,244,813 - - $210,915

1244) - $2,078,301 $2,078,301 - - -

Norway $52,517,033 $63,705,397 $116,222,429 - - -

Kuwait $320,000 $1,631,739 $1,951,739 - $1,948,052 $241,254
Pakistan $6,062 $1,863,182 $1,869,244 $87,811 - -
Kyrgyzstan - - - - - $186,141

Lao People's Palestine (State of) - $359,584 $359,584 - - -

Democratic Republic - $174,974 $174,974 - - $169,008
Panama - $21,472,222 $21,472,222 - $621,746 $15,636
Latvia $11,947 - $11,947 - - -
Papua New Guinea - $1,199,790 $1,199,790 - - -
Lebanon - $12,316,505 $12,316,505 - - -
Paraguay - $20,781,039 $20,781,039 - - -
Lesotho - - - $146,367 - $521,874
Peru - $18,191,897 $18,191,897 $160,401 - -
Liberia - $955,262 $955,262 - - -
Philippines $2,500 $774,139 $776,639 $883,775 - -
Libya - $1,914,894 $1,914,894 - - -
Poland - $620,973 $620,973 - - -
Liechtenstein $26,417 $25,773 $52,190 - - -
Portugal $50,000 $257,275 $307,275 - - -
Luxembourg $3,275,109 $7,275,641 $10,550,750 - - -
Qatar $8,000,000 $5,247,442 $13,247,442 - $74,000 -
Madagascar - $4,605,481 $4,605,481 $131,807 - -

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 Contributions to U-MIC/NCC In-kind Contributions to U-MIC/NCC In-kind
Government Regular Other Total Government Regular Other Total
local office costs contributions * contributions local office costs contributions * contributions

Republic of Korea $6,816,324 $51,767,060 $58,583,384 - - $47,266 Turkey $1,800,000 $13,573,904 $15,373,904 - $924,000 -

Republic of Moldova - $1,110,555 $1,110,555 $288,875 - $89,604 Turkmenistan - $7,381,547 $7,381,547 - - $250,891

Republic of North
- $991,436 $991,436 - - - Tuvalu - - - - - $12,212
Macedonia

Romania - $178,988 $178,988 - - - Ukraine - $69,713,812 $69,713,812 $240,126 - $279,138

Russian Federation $1,100,000 $17,967,777 $19,067,777 - - - United Arab Emirates $324,000 $10,000 $334,000 - - -

United Kingdom of
Rwanda - - - $600,000 - $157,917
Great Britain and $70,068,969 $91,582,553 $161,651,522 - - -
Northern Ireland
Samoa - - - $223,236 - $94,965
United Republic
of Tanzania - $7,213,993 $7,213,993 - - $389,711
Sao Tome and Principe - $368,494 $368,494 - - -
United States
of America/3 $93,502,236 $168,486,612 $261,988,848 - - -
Saudi Arabia $2,000,000 $34,192,963 $36,192,963 - $2,399,965 $138,460

Uruguay - $17,572,588 $17,572,588 - $99,965 -

Senegal - $2,026,184 $2,026,184 - - $97,431

Uzbekistan - $7,577,521 $7,577,521 - - $576,808

Serbia - $22,088,177 $22,088,177 $350,000 - $374,552

Viet Nam - $609,316 $609,316 $254,689 - -

Seychelles - - - - $75,000 -

Zambia - $284,059 $284,059 $465,350 - -

Sierra Leone - - - $539,623 - -

Zimbabwe - - - $253,750 - -
Singapore $300,000 $1,037,574 $1,337,574 - - $131,500

Total $695,719,394 $2,711,175,969 $3,406,895,363 $19,630,560 $15,749,229 $15,394,163

Slovak Republic - $1,500,000 $1,500,000 - - -

Solomon Islands $0 - $0 $251,502 - -

Non-government partner groups Regular Other Total
South Africa - $1,005,336 $1,005,336 $1,295,058 - $261,469

European Union - $483,045,948 $483,045,948

Spain - $4,985,391 $4,985,391 - - -

Financial Institutions/4 - $62,704,095 $62,704,095

Sri Lanka - $160,000 $160,000 $18,795 - $128,845

Sudan (the) - $12,566,061 $12,566,061 - - $546,493 Other Multilaterals - $10,856,094 $10,856,094

Private sector, foundations, NGOs, and

Suriname - - - - - $28,137 - $69,934,368 $69,934,368
academic, training & research institutions

Sweden $65,352,697 $131,839,735 $197,192,432 - - - UN Agencies - $104,877,135 $104,877,135

Switzerland $51,237,113 $61,204,263 $112,441,376 - - - -

UN Pooled Funds $438,340,209 $438,340,209

Syrian Arab Republic - - - $8,800 - -

Vertical Funds - $987,774,402 $987,774,402
Tajikistan - - - $44,500 - $62,292
Total, Non-government partner groups $0 $2,157,532,251 $2,157,532,251
Thailand $865,112 $1,170,769 $2,035,881 $492,107 - -
2020 CONTRIBUTION TOTAL** $696m $4,868m $5,564m
Timor-Leste - $9,682,260 $9,682,260 $137,608 - $266,967
1. Regular resources includes EUR 75K intended for 2021, however recorded as 2020 income due to new financial regulations.
Togo $0 $14,681 $14,681 $197,856 - $67,046
2. Regular recources,includes late second tranche for 2019 (INR13,680,000) received in 2020 .
Tokelau - - - $30,689 - -
3. Regular Resources, includes 2019 withholding (USD12m) received in 2020.
Tonga - - - $13,914 - -
4. Reflects direct grants received by UNDP; excludes loans extended to programme country governments and received by UNDP as
government financing and grants received from the German Development Bank, KfW, which are reported under Germany.
Trinidad and Tobago - $16,937 $16,937 - $1,265,359 -
* Amounts shown here are contributions to local office costs from Upper Middle-Income Countries (U-MIC) and Net Contributor Countries
Tunisia - $30,308 $30,308 $97,787 - - (NCC).
** Amounts rounded to the nearest million
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