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Poverty Reduction


20 November 2009
UNDP empowers communities to treat TB in Burkina

Thanks to a community care project to fight tuberculosis, a nationwide net work of community associations has been set up to support patients during the treatment.  


18 November 2009
Hunger is the lack of rain

With funds from the UNDP-Spain MDG Achievement Fund, six UN agencies are helping a Mozambican district to adapt to climate change. 


17 November 2009
UNDP in Bangladesh

UNDP is supporting the Government of Bangladesh to sustain and build on the achievements of the last decade and to remain on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

10 November 2009
UNDP, Spain sign new multi-year strategic partnership

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and Spain's Secretary of State for International Cooperation signed a multi-year Strategic Partnership Agreement for close to €400 million.
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04 November 2009
UNDP in the occupied Palestinian territory

Since 1978, UNDP's Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People has been implementing projects in the occupied Palestinian territory worth over US$600 million.

23 October 2009
Helen Clark: ‘The time is right for Legal Empowerment of the Poor’

On 23 October, Helen Clark participated alongside Mary Robinson, George Soros and others in a high-level roundtable discussion on Legal Empowerment of the Poor.

19 October 2009
UNDP strengthens local governments in Cambodia

UNDP efforts to strengthen local governments in Cambodia has resulted in the rapid and streamlined construction of a number of much-needed infrastructure projects.


19 October 2009
UNDP helps to set up solar villages in Benin

For 308 residents in rural Benin, it is now easy to light their homes, charge their mobile telephones and even access educational community television.


16 October 2009
In Gabon, employment and environmental protection go hand in hand

A few years on, residents in disadvantaged areas of Libreville no longer look twice at the men and women wearing overalls, boots and protective masks as they push their wheelbarrows full of bin bags through the streets of the capital.
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16 October 2009
Zidane invites citizens to take action against poverty

UNDP and the United Nations Millennium Campaign launched a new advertisement featuring Goodwill Ambassador and football legend Zinédine Zidane, encouraging governments and citizens to reach the eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
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12 October 2009
Displaced Georgians rebuilding livelihoods with UNDP assistance

In the central region of Shida Kartli, UNDP has worked to rebuild houses, schools and drinking water infrastructure in addition to disbursing micro-loans to help people start farming or launch start-up businesses.

05 October 2009
Fish making a comeback thanks to Cambodians’ conservation efforts

Villagers were spurred into action by concerns that an out-of-control catch long practiced by their fellow residents was threatening to wipe out fish species from the lake. Their efforts have now paid off.


05 October 2009
Africans, with most to gain, face tough barriers to movement

Migration is a way for Africans to improve their lives, but most seeking to move, face significant barriers, particularly across borders, according to the 2009 Human Development Report launched today. 
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17 September 2009
Millennium Development campaign kicks off in Somalia

Events organized by UNDP along with the UN Population Fund mark the beginning of a sustained advocacy campaign promoting the MDGs and poverty reduction in Somalia.

16 September 2009
As G20 prepares to meet, UN calls on donors to meet aid commitments

Global poverty-fighting commitments are more important than ever in a world facing economic, food and climate crises, the UN said today, in a report on support for the Millennium Development Goals.
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