Poverty Reduction

image

Beyond the Mid-Point: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

Beyond the Midpoint: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals is UNDP’s forward-looking review of the factors that shape MDG progress, along with the constraints and bottlenecks that have hampered MDG achievement in many countries. The findings build on MDG assessments in 30 countries that were more

image

Bibliography of Public Private Partnerships at the National Level

This list of publications provides information on literature that examines public private partnerships by sector. It also includes information on guidelines, national experience, and other areas. more

image

Brain Drain is Not Irreversible (Human Development Viewpoint)

Brain drain can virtually rob the future of the poorest countries. By developing creative strategies for collaborating with their diasporas, by promoting knowledge networks, market access, facilitating direct investment and supporting return migration, this process may be reversed. more

image

Brazil in the Global Economy: Measuring the Gains from Trade

This paper analyzes the benefits and costs of trade liberalization and trade policy choices for Brazil. It finds that increased global economic engagement may be seen as beneficial for the Brazilian economy, but it is important that the nature and costs of structural adjustment be taken into more

image

Bridging the Gender Digital Divide

This report highlights the imbalances between women's and men's access to and participation in ICTs and asserts that more needs to be done to ensure that women equally share the benefits arising from the global knowleldge-based economy. more

Fast Facts
thumbnail
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.

Our work on Poverty Reduction
View More
UNDP's Annual Report
UNDP
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.

View all Annual Reports
Human Development Data
thumbnail

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

Custom Queries

Explore UNDP's extensive research and publications library through this advanced search


SEARCH