EVALUATION OF UNHCR-LED INITIATIVES TO END STATELESSNESS – FINAL REPORT – VOLUME I statelessness expenditures from 2012-2019. Over this time period, the UNHCR Myanmar operation made up 18 percent of total Pillar 2 expenditures (with large budget and expenditure increases in 2018 and 2019) and a further 12 percent was concentrated in the multi-country office in the United States (60 percent of which was dedicated to operations in the Dominican Republic). However, in West Africa where the number of reported stateless persons has increased 38 percent from 2017 to 201948 Pillar 2 expenditures have only increased slightly. Figure 3 shows the recorded statelessness expenditures for the top ten UNHCR operations and offices from 2012-2019. Figure 3 - Top 10 UNHCR offices by statelessness expenditures (USD) per year $14 $12 USD Millions $10 $8 $6 $4 $2 $0 1. Myanmar 2. United 3. Cote $49.77 m States MCO d'Ivoire $34.07 m $16.81 m 2012 4. South Sudan $16.03 m 2013 5. RO Sarajevo $13.16 m 2014 2015 6. Sudan $11.09 m 2016 7. RR Brussels (RRWE) $9.30 m 2017 2018 8. RO Almaty $8.93 m 9. RO Dakar $7.76 m 10. Iraq $5.19 m 2019 Analysis of UNHCR financial data shows that budget lines between 2012 and 2019 related to 20 objectives in the UNHCR RBM system, which made up 94 percent of total expenditures for statelessness related work. Of these, the Statelessness Section identified linkages between 10 objectives and the GAP. 60. Overall, from 2012-2019, 71 percent of UNHCR's expenditures for objectives related to statelessness was aligned with GAP actions, focusing on 10 objectives. In individual years, these 10 objectives represented a range from 58 percent to 85 percent of total UNHCR statelessness related expenditures. Figure 4 shows the objectives that have been mapped to GAP actions (noted in parentheses) and the total expenditures under Pillar 2 for each. Figure 4 - Expenditures for objectives linked to GAP actions (USD) 2012-2019 $0 $20 $40 USD Millions $60 Law and policy developed or strengthened (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8) $56.55 Greater reduction of statelessness is achieved (1) $44.84 Identification of statelessness improved (6, 10) $22.80 Civil registration and civil status documentation strengthened (7) International and regional instruments acceded to, ratified or strengthened (9) Access to legal assistance and legal remedies improved (6, 8) $17.48 $13.79 $13.53 Level of individual documentation increased (7, 8) Administrative institutions and practice developed or strengthened (All) Public attitude towards persons of concern improved (All) Access to and quality of status determination procedures improved (6) $10.28 $6.43 $5.94 $5.22 Total 2012-2019 48 Calculated based on sub-regional and country data found in Global Strategic Priorities reports for 2017, 2018 and 2019. UNHCR / May, 2021 17