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Lessons Learned Review of UN Support to Core Public Administration Functions in the Immediate Aftermath of Conflict 22 May 2013

Oslo Governance Centre 2012 - A Year in Review 30 Apr 2013

Learning from the past - directions for the future 09 Apr 2013

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UNDP Annual Report 2003

For the international community—and the United Nations system—2002 was a time of enormous challenges. We witnessed the relentless spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases worldwide, the appearance of new conflicts and famine in Africa, renewed instability in some democracies in Latin America, and more

UNDP Annual Report 2005

In 2005, major funding changes were secured for UNDP, with total resources significantly increasing from US$2.4 billion in 2000 to $4 billion in 2004. The year 2005 offered world leaders a unique opportunity to take decisive action at the United Nations Summit to review the Millennium more

UNDP Annual Report 2008

In early 2007, the world economy was still in its third year of exceptionally rapid growth, progress which has had a positive impact on poverty reduction in general. By mid-2007, however, it was clear that developing countries would have to respond to a great deal of uncertainty in the global more

UNDP Electoral Assistance Implementation Guide

Electoral assistance is about more than supporting an election event. Ideally, such support should be embedded in a democratic governance strategy and provided throughout the ‘electoral cycle’. more

UNDP Practice Note on Democratic Governance Assessments

The Practice Note is based on the experiences of selected Country Offices and outlines the principal objective for UNDP’s engagement: to support national ownership and capacity development of national partners to be able to undertake and use governance assessments to enhance democratic more

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Democratic Governance

The response to the recent global economic crisis by many countries around the world, particularly developed nations, has demonstrated that the State has an important role to play in addressing critical challenges. This is also an important lesson for developing countries as public institutions must have the capacity to address these difficulties while at the same time delivering the benefits of human development.

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The Sustainable Future We Want

UNDP has decades of concrete development experience in countries ranging from fragile States to middle-income countries like Brazil and Indonesia. This, combined with our four focus areas, make us uniquely situated and qualified to answer the UN’s call for a better and more sustainable future.

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