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The United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP) [note 1] is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The UNDP emphasizes on developing local capacity towards long-term self-sufficiency and prosperity.
Website. www.unon.org. The United Nations Office at Nairobi ( UNON, Swahili: Ofisi ya Umoja wa Mataifa Nairobi) in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is one of four major United Nations office sites [a] where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. Established in 1996, it is the UN's official headquarters in Africa.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa is one of the 177 offices of the UNDP’s global networks located in the country's capital, Pretoria.As a part of the wider UNDP's development efforts, the local office is responsible for supporting the government to develop and implement policies to accelerate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in South Africa.
Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development. Currently, Seychelles is the only African country that falls into the very high human development category. Somalia has the lowest HDI in both Africa and the world according to the list.
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is a United Nations agency dedicated to implementing humanitarian and development projects for the United Nations System, international financial institutions, governments and other partners around the world, with a focus on infrastructure, procurement and project management The organization's global headquarters is located at the UN City ...
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in economic and industrial development. [1] It is headquartered at the UN Office in Vienna, Austria, with a ...
Human Development Report. The Human Development Report ( HDR) is an annual Human Development Index report published by the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). [1] The first HDR was launched in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
The National Union for Democracy and Progress (French: Union Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, UNDP) is a political party in the Central African Republic led by Michel Amine. History. The UNDP was launched in 2014, and officially recognised on 17 July.