Lessons for life

In the Asia Pacific region, drills prepare students for tsunamis.

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Ensuring 'the ghost of the forest' doesn't disappear

Protecting the 14 tree kangaroo species who live in the rainforest of Papua New Guinea.
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“Be brave. You can do more than you imagine.”

A young Afghani man living with disabilities finds new hope.
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The mountain where wishes come true

UNDP support helps farmers diversify in Azerbaijan.
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Administrator's corner

International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Everyone is born equal in dignity and rights. However, discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people still exists and is even increasing.
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Taking stock of Sendai Framework targets

Government representatives, development practitioners and humanitarians will meet in Geneva next week at the Sixth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Blogs

A biodiversity crisis

International Day for Biological Diversity provides a chance to reflect on the profound role nature plays in our lives.
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Tapping funding to acheive the Global Goals

UNDP's new SDG Impact initiative aims to leverage a sea change in capital markets to harness trillions of dollars to achieve the Global Goals
Stories

Bangladesh climate migrants build new lives

In one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, UNDP is helping families adapt and thrive.
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UNDP Strategic Plan, 2018-2021

The Strategic Plan sets out a vision for the evolution of UNDP over the next four years

Our mission

On the ground in about 170 countries and territories, UNDP works to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet. We help countries develop strong policies, skills, partnerships and institutions so they can sustain their progress.

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Our impact

3M

jobs created (41% for women) in
101 countries

170M

new voters registered in 52 countries

1,388

disaster risk reduction plans put in place in 62 countries

(2014-2017)

 

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UNDP Around the world

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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan

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Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Burkina Faso Burundi

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Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Dem. Republic of) Congo (Republic of) Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Cyprus

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Democratic People's Republic of Korea Djibouti Dominican Republic

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Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia

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Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana

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Haiti Honduras

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India Indonesia Iran Iraq (Republic of)

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Jamaica Jordan

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Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo (as per UNSCR 1244) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan

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Lao PDR Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya

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Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritania Mauritius & Seychelles Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar

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Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia

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Pacific Office Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People

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Rwanda

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Samoa (Multi-country Office) São Tomé and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Syria

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Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan

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Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan

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Venezuela Viet Nam

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Yemen

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Zambia Zimbabwe

Regional presence

Africa Arab States Asia and the Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean

Representation offices

Denmark European Union Finland Geneva Norway Sweden Tokyo Washington D.C.

Global policy centres

Istanbul Nairobi Oslo Rio de Janeiro Seoul Singapore