Poverty Reduction

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Paraguay: Impact of the Economic Crisis on the MDGs and Social Expenditure

Through a partial equilibrium model, this report estimates the necessary budget resources for the next 10 years to finance social expenditures central to poverty reduction. The study seeks quantify a public investment plan and determine its sustainability and feasibility of reaching goals in more

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Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

Statement from the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness held in Paris on 28 February – 02 March, 2005. more

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Plenty of Room? Fiscal Space in a Resource Abundant Economy

 The typical problems faced by developing economies in financing the fight against poverty should, in the very least, be severely attenuated in mineral rich economies. The problem of these economies, a skeptic may dispute, is not finding more resources: it is using them more efficiently. more

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Policy Brief: Employment Guarantee Policies

The recent financial and economic crisis has called into question many of the beliefs about market economics that held sway for more than two decades, with a new consensus emerging that markets alone cannot deliver economic stability. Governments and their partners, including international more

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Policy Brief: Unpaid Care Work

This Policy Brief provides insight into to the importance of addressing issues of gender equality and unpaid carework in national development policies and strategies. It targets UNDP country offices and their national counterparts (e.g., national, regional and local governments and 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's Annual Report
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Supporting Global Progress

Our report showcases how we deliver results through programmes on poverty reduction and the Millennium Development Goals, democratic governance, crisis prevention and recovery, and the environment and sustainable development. It highlights the reach of our diverse partnerships.

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Human Development Index (HDI) figures are available as part of the Google Public Data Explorer tool.

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