The future is not what it used to be. A crisis can change the world from one day to the next, with tragic consequences.

But the actions countries take as they prepare, respond and recover in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic will lay the foundations for a fair and just transition to the future – a new social contract.

That is why, as the UN’s leading agency on development, UNDP is not working to help people “get back to normal”. Normal was not good enough.

With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as our compass, we want people to get back to something better – a future everyone believes in, where no one is left behind.