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Overview: UNDP and Poverty ReductionThrough the Millennium
Declaration and the Millennium
Development Goals the world is addressing the many dimensions of
human development, including halving by 2015 the proportion of people
living in extreme poverty. Developing countries are working to create
their own national poverty eradication strategies based on local needs
and priorities. UNDP advocates for these nationally-owned solutions
and helps to make them effective through ensuring a greater voice for
poor people, expanding access to productive assets and economic opportunities,
and linking poverty programmes with countries' international economic
and financial policies. At the same time, UNDP contributes to efforts
at reforming trade, debt relief and investment arrangements to better
support national poverty reduction and make globalisation work for poor
people.
UNDP's work on poverty reduction is governed by several internationally agreed frameworks such as the Millennium Declaration, the MDGs, and the International Development Goals. Our core services focus on three main areas: Strategies and Policies for Poverty Reduction, Inclusive Globalization, and Support for MDG-Aligned National Development Strategies. In addition, UNDP's work is reinforced by the International Poverty Centre, a joint project between UNDP and the Brazilian Government that promotes South-South Cooperation on applied poverty research, and by its network of over 166 country offices. Our core services to support national efforts to reduce poverty and inequities involve: (1) Policy advice and technical support; (2) Strengthening capacity of institutions and individuals (3) Advocacy, communications, and public information; (4) Promoting and brokering dialogue; and (5) Knowledge networking and sharing of good practices. Strategies and Policies for Poverty ReductionUNDP’s work on the strategies and policies for poverty reduction is anchored in three basic principles – the multidimensionality of poverty, the centrality of gender equality and the critical importance of an integrated approach. We believe that economic growth is necessary for sustained poverty reduction, but it is not a sufficient condition. The quality of economic growth is as important as the rate of growth. Poor people should not only benefit equitably from economic growth, they should have the opportunity to actively contribute to its generation. Key areas of UNDP support include:
Inclusive GlobalizationThe past few decades have represented a period of accelerating economic and financial globalization for many people around the world, with direct implications for many of the poorest and most vulnerable. UNDP is committed to an inclusive globalization process centered on human development concerns. In addition to advocacy efforts, UNDP focuses on policy advisory services and capacity development - helping to ensure that both national trade policy and bilateral, regional and global trade negotiations and development finance, debt and capital flows policies address human development concerns. Key areas of UNDP support include: Support to MDG-aligned National Development StrategiesAt the World Summit in September 2005, countries committed to accelerating national progress on the MDGs by ensuring that their development strategies were MDG-based by developing MDG-based national development strategies. These are long-term visions consistent with the Millennium Declaration, based on nationally-determined priorities. The vision is supported by medium-term cross-sectoral strategies, which are measured against progress towards concrete MDG outcomes. UNDP provides MDG support services to address country demands for technical assistance throughout the development planning cycle: diagnosing development challenges and needs, formulating policies and strategies and implementing them. Activities are formed around three “pillars”: Diagnostics, Policy Options, and Capacity Development.
The International Poverty CentreThe International
Poverty Centre (IPC) is a joint project between UNDP and the Brazilian
Government to promote South-South Cooperation on applied poverty research.
It specializes in analyzing poverty and inequality and offering research-based
policy recommendations on how to reduce them. IPC is directly linked to
the Poverty Group of UNDP and the Institute for Applied Economic Research
(Ipea), which does research for the Brazilian Government. |
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