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  2. United Nations Development Programme - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of countries by Human Development Index - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) compiles the Human Development Index (HDI) of 193 nations in the annual Human Development Report.The index considers the health, education, income and living conditions in a given country to provide a measure of human development which is comparable between countries and over time.

  4. Human Development Index - Wikipedia

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    The Human Development Report 2023/24 by the United Nations Development Programme was released on 13 March 2024; the report calculates HDI values based on data collected in 2022. Ranked from 1 to 69 in the year 2022, the following countries are considered to be of "very high human development":

  5. Human Development Report - Wikipedia

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    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). The first HDR was launched in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen. Since then reports have been released most years ...

  6. United Nations Sustainable Development Group - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.unsdg.un.org. Politics portal. The United Nations Sustainable Development Group ( UNSDG ), previously the United Nations Development Group (UNDG), is a consortium of 36 United Nations funds, programmes, specialized agencies, departments and offices that play a role in development. It was created by the Secretary-General of the ...

  7. Sustainable Development Goals - Wikipedia

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    The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ). They were created with the aim of " peace and prosperity for people and the planet..." [1] [2] [3] – while tackling climate change and working to preserve oceans and forests.

  8. United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations ( UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. [3] It is the world's largest international ...

  9. Millennium Development Goals - Wikipedia

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    All 191 United Nations member states, and at least 22 international organizations, committed to help achieve the following Millennium Development Goals by 2015: To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. To achieve universal primary education. To promote gender equality and empower women. To reduce child mortality.