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13 December 2011
Building the capacities of African negotiators
UNDP and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) will be hosting in Dakar, Senegal a conference on the relationship between emerging partners and Africa. 

11 November 2011
Kenya-based firm to provide 100,000 small farmers with micro-loans
Juhudi Kilimo, a Kenya-based investment firm, will provide some 100,000 smallholder rural farmers in Kenya—more than half of them women—with access to micro-loans and basic financial training. 


02 November 2011
Fighting climate change and inequalities key to progress in Africa
Steady advances in human development in sub-Saharan Africa could stall and even reverse unless bold steps are taken to reduce environmental risks and inequalities in the region and around the world, says the 2011 Human Development Report, released today by UNDP. 
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02 November 2011
African forum calls for gender equality
The head of UNDP Africa said the region requires dedicated leadership in order to achieve gender equality as well as political commitment from all stakeholders.  

01 November 2011
Director of UNDP Africa on gender and elections
There is no denying that elections are the hallmark of democratization throughout the world including in Africa. However, elections face a number of challenges. 

26 October 2011
Africa: Green growth must go hand in hand with poverty reduction
Sustainable economies offer multiple benefits but will require important adjustments from African countries, said Tegegnework Gettu, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Africa.

20 October 2011
New report highlights UNDP’s role in building peace in Bolivia



19 October 2011
UNDP offers relief as Central America's torrential rains continue
UNDP has begun providing assistance to those affected by the torrential rains blanketing five Central American countries and Mexico, which, according to preliminary reports, have affected nearly 570,000 people and left more than 80 dead.


19 September 2011
Nigeria holds memorial for bomb victims
On Thursday, September 15, the United Nations held a memorial service in honor of the victims of the 26 August bomb attack on the UN House in Abuja, Nigeria.  

14 September 2011
Crime poses major threat to Latin America’s progress
 


09 August 2011
The Epicentre of a Crisis
Almost two million Somalis have left their homes in search of food and tens of thousands have died from hunger. And the numbers continue to rise. 


08 August 2011
Reflections on Independence Day in South Sudan
It seems a little strange to fall asleep in one country and wake up the next day in a completely new one, all without having moved a single step. 


08 August 2011
Football helps boost indigenous peoples’ income in Colombia
Sixty indigenous families in Colombia are celebrating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, August 9, by selling their crafts in Bogotá, one of the host cities of FIFA’s U-20 World Cup, a football tournament for national teams with players under the age of 20.


05 August 2011
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Antonio Banderas spotlights Horn of Africa food



02 August 2011
HIV programme aims to reach youth in Belize
UNDP is now implementing an HIV/AIDS grant agreement with Belize for programmes that notably aim to treat and prevent the disease among the Central American country’s large cohort of teens and young adults.



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