Poverty Reduction

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A Manual on Parliamentary Engagement with the Millennium Development Goals

The UN Millennium Campaign and the UNDP Parliamentary Development team have launched a manual on “parliamentary engagement with the Millennium Development Goals”. It outlines mechanisms that can be used in parliaments to improve MDGs engagement; good practices in how parliaments have made the MDGs more

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A Practical Guide to Mainstreaming Trade

This report makes practical recommendations to governments, the private sector, civil society and development partners for enhancing the development results of trade policies and support programmes. The report builds on the analysis and experience of 14 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and more

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A Toolkit of Policy Options to Support Inclusive Green Growth

The non-prescriptive Inclusive Green Growth Toolkit developed by four International Organizations (IOs) - AfDB, OECD, UN, and WB - at the request of the G20 Development Working Group under the Mexican G20 Presidency aims at providing policy-makers more

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Achieving Debt Sustainability and MDGs in SIDS: The Case of the Maldives

This UNDP Discussion Paper explores the rapid increase in public debt in the Maldives over the last five years and assesses the possible development impact. It looks at the main drivers and possible policy solutions to the problem. more

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Achieving Debt Sustainability and the MDGs in SIDS: The Case of Tonga

Tonga’s debt has increased rapidly recently and the country is now at higher risk of debt distress. This UNDP Discussion Paper looks at recent debt trends and evaluates possible policy options for the government. more

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Poverty Reduction

 

The Millennium Development Goals originate from the Millennium Declaration, endorsed by 189 world leaders at the UN in September 2000. Over the past decade, the world has made impressive progress towards achieving these goals, yet some countries are lagging and many of them may not be able to reach their goals by 2015.

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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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