Publications
New Publications
WOMENS HEALTH AND LIFE EXPERIENCES A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH REPORT ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN GUYANA
Authors/editor(s): RUTH RODNEY AND SIREESHA BOBBILI The overall aim of this research was to contribute contextual information to the Women’s Health and Life Experiences Survey (WHLES) to explain the “why” and “how” of Guyanese women’s experiences of violence in their relationships. This qualitative component captured the perspectives of survivors and community... Read more
Mon, Nov 18 2019
Human Development Reports
2016 Human Development Report
The annual Human Development Reports published by the UNDP have long recognized the need for national baseline data disaggregated by characteristics such as region, gender, income groups, age and ethnicity, to supplement their annual series, as very often national averages can conceal as much as they reveal about what is... Read more
Thu, Jan 11 2018
Sustainable Development Goal Reports
Support of United Nations Country Teams to Governments of Latin America and the Caribbean for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Country leaflets showing the support of United Nations country teams to governments of Latin America and the Caribbean for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Read more
Fri, Nov 24 2017
UNDAF Reports
Common Country Assessment (CCA) - Guyana 2011
Document Summary This Common Country Assessment (CCA) sets the context for the second United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Guyana, for the period 2012 –2016. It articulates the programmatic and strategic situation on critical aspects of Guyana’s development agenda, to facilitate cooperation between the Government of Guyana (GoG) and the... Read more
Sat, Apr 26 2014
World Drug Reports
World Drug Report 2014
The World Drug Report 2014 is aimed at helping the international community to address the toll that illicit drug production, trafficking and consumption continues to take on all our societies, by providing a global overview and analysis of developments, based on the best available data. Read more
Thu, Jun 26 2014
Agriculture Sector Reports
Disaster Risk Management Plan for the Agriculture Sector 2013 – 2018
Guyana is extremely susceptible to a number of hydro meteorological, biological and technological hazards. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction ranks Guyana 13 out of 162 countries for flood risk and reported that 0.69 percent and 0.42 percent of its population and GDP respectively are exposed to the... Read more
Fri, Jun 13 2014
Other Reports
World Migration Report 2018
Description: Since 2000, IOM has been producing world migration reports. This World Migration Report 2018, the ninth in the world migration report series, has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration throughout the world. It presents key data and information on migration as well as thematic chapters on highly topical migration... Read more
Mon, Mar 05 2018
Millennium Development Goals Reports
MDG Acceleration Framework - Improve Maternal Health
Consistent with the Government of Guyana (GoG)’s unwavering commitment to reduce poverty, in the year 2000 Guyana adopted the Millennium Declaration along with 188 other countries and thus embraced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as the guiding framework for poverty reduction and development. Since then, the annual budget allocations to... Read more
Thu, Jan 15 2015