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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. Human Development Report - Wikipedia

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    The Human Development Report is an independent report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and is the product of a selected team of leading scholars, development practitioners and members of the Human Development Report Office of UNDP. It is a report independent of the Administrator of the UNDP, as suggested by ...

  4. Rights-based approach to development - Wikipedia

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    This new development framework leads to moral legitimacy and social justice. UNDP The United Nations Development Program began in the late 1990s to raise awareness about this new rights-based approach viewpoint to development. UNDP specifically focused upon the interactions of social and economic rights. Their focus was to help develop policy ...

  5. U.S. Committee for the United Nations Development Program

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    The U.S. Committee for the United Nations Development Program ( UNDP-USA) was an independent 501 (c) (3) organization and one of several "friends of" organizations in the United Nations (UN) family, dedicated to the promotion of the UN and its goals. Founded in 1995, UNDP-USA was the officially recognized NGO in the United States for the UNDP ...

  6. List of UNDP country codes - Wikipedia

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    This is the list of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) country codes. In addition to countries, codes identify geographical groupings and political entities such as various liberation fronts (not all of which still exist). The purpose of the codes is in part actuarial.

  7. 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.

  8. Human Development Index - Wikipedia

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    The Human Development Index ( HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system ), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores a higher level of HDI ...

  9. 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 ...