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The UN is reinventing its finances — and it’s a better bet than you think
Across the U.N. system, agencies are experimenting with new financing models to mobilize additional capital and extend the impact of scarce public resources.
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Operationalizing Institutional Vitality: A Framework for Analysis
A framework to help policymakers diagnose institutional change and identify more effective approaches to multilateral reform.
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Misinformation, Disinformation and the Crisis of Trust in Public Institutions
A multilevel agenda for information integrity in an era of fragmented data governance.
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Governing with Evidence: How the UN System Generates, Mobilizes and Uses Science
How does the UN use science to shape global decisions? A new UNU-CPR report maps the multilateral science-policy ecosystem.
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International Inequality and Post-Quantum Cryptography
What happens when quantum computers can break today's encryption?
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Moving from Crisis Management to Resource Mobilization in the UN80 Process
At its 80th anniversary, the United Nations faces an “untenable” financial trajectory and explores options to mobilize funding.
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The Women, Peace and Security Agenda Beyond 25 Years: Building Institutions for the Future
On 16 April 2026, UNU-CPR, in collaboration with UN Women, convened a workshop in New York titled "The Women, Peace and Security Agenda Beyond…
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Governance Developments Shaping Sovereign Credit Assessments
Sovereign credit ratings shape the cost and availability of capital for emerging market and developing economies, yet debate about their governance has focused primarily…
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Why do Countries Walk Away from International Organizations? And What do Current Breakups Mean for Global Politics?
From Brexit to recent announcements of withdrawals from dozens of international bodies, exits from international organizations (IOs) have become a highly visible feature of…
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