Powering the future

How a clean energy world must also tackle poverty and inequality

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News

UN calls for repurposing of US$ 470 billion of agricultural support

Subsidies distort prices and impede environment and social goals, report finds.

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Stories

Haiti launches Post Disaster Needs Assessment

The assessment is a first step towards a recovery strategy following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake.

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News

'Afghanistan teeters on the brink of universal poverty'

97 percent of Afghans could be living below the poverty line by mid-2022, says UNDP rapid appraisal.

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Report

UNDP Strategic Plan 2022-2025

Focused on the future of development, UNDP’s bold Strategic Plan is a framework to help countries get back on track to achieve the SDGs.

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UNDP Response

COVID-19 pandemic

Humanity needs leadership and solidarity to defeat the coronavirus

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Our

Mission

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

Our

Expertise

Trusted partnerships

Partnership is at the heart of everything UNDP does. We offer a nearly universal presence across the world. We are determined to mobilize the means to implement the 2030 Agenda through a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, with a focus on the poorest and most vulnerable.

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People

We are determined to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and dimensions, and to ensure that all human beings can fulfil their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.

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Planet

We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations.

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Prosperity

We are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous and fulfilling lives and that economic, social and technological progress occurs in harmony with nature.

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Peace

We are determined to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear and violence. There can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development.

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Partnership

We are determined to mobilize the means required to implement this Agenda through a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity, focused in particular on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and with the participation of all countries, all stakeholders and all people.

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Trusted partnerships

Partnership is at the heart of everything UNDP does. We offer a nearly universal presence across the world. We are determined to mobilize the means to implement the 2030 Agenda through a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, with a focus on the poorest and most vulnerable.

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Global

Impact

Our work in sustainable development, governance, and resilience building.

35

Million

people had better services to tackle poverty

62

Million

people gained access to financial services

290

Million

tonnes of carbon emissions cut

1+

Billion

invested to strengthen resilience to crises

Publications

  • Report

    UNDP Annual Report 2020

    Driving the future of development

  • Report

    Human Development Report 2020

    The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene

  • Report

    Human Mobility, Shared Opportunities: A Review of the 2009 Human Development Report and the Way Ahead

    This UNDP publication recommends actions for policymakers to enhance the benefits and reduce the costs of human mobility to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

  • Issue Brief

    UNDP Issues Brief on Resilient Livelihoods Value Chains

    Through this thematic area, UNDP supports the advancement of climate resilient livelihoods for vulnerable communities, including resilient agricultural value chain development.