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UNDP’s offices and staff are on the ground in 177 countries, working with governments and
local communities to help them find solutions to global and national development
challenges.

UNDP links and coordinates global and national efforts to achieve the goals and national
development priorities laid out by host countries. UNDP focuses primarily on five
developmental challenges:

Democratic governance
UNDP supports national democratic transitions by providing policy advice and technical
support, improving institutional and individual capacity within countries, educating
populations about and advocating for democratic reforms, promoting negotiation and
dialogue, and sharing successful experiences from other countries and locations. UNDP also
supports existing democratic institutions by increasing dialogue, enhancing national debate,
and facilitating consensus on national governance programmes.
Poverty reduction
UNDP helps countries develop strategies to combat poverty by expanding access to
economic opportunities and resources, linking poverty programmes with countries’ larger
goals and policies, and ensuring a greater voice for the poor. UNDP also works at the macro
level to reform trade, encourage debt relief and foreign investment, and ensure the poorest
of the poor benefit from globalisation.

On the ground, UNDP sponsors developmental pilot projects, promotes the role of women
in development, and coordinates efforts between governments, NGOs, and outside donors.
In this way, UNDP works with local leaders and governments to provide opportunities for
impoverished people to create businesses and improve their economic condition.
The UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG)[1] in Brasília, Brazil
expands the capacities of developing countries to design, implement and evaluate socially
inclusive development projects. IPC-IG is a global forum for South-South policy dialogue
and learning, having worked with more than 7,000 officials from more than 50 countries.
A 2013 evaluation of the UNDP’s poverty reduction efforts states that the UNDP has
effectively supported national efforts to reduce poverty, by helping governments make
policy changes that benefit the poor. Nevertheless, the same evaluation also states there is a
strong need for better measurement and monitoring of the impacts of the UNDP’s
work. The UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2014-2017 incorporates the recommendations of this
poverty evaluation.

Crisis prevention and recovery


UNDP works to reduce the risk of armed conflicts or disasters, and promote early recovery
after crisis have occurred. UNDP works through its country offices to support local
government in needs assessment, capacity development, coordinated planning, and policy
and standard setting.
Examples of UNDP risk reduction programmes include efforts to control small arms
proliferation, strategies to reduce the impact of natural disasters, and programmes to
encourage use of diplomacy and prevent violence.
Recovery programmes include disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-
combatants, demining efforts, programmes to reintegrate displaced persons, restoration of
basic services, and transitional justice systems for countries recovering from warfare.

Environment and Energy


As the poor are disproportionately affected by environmental degradation and lack of
access to clean, affordable water, sanitation and energy services, UNDP seeks to address
environmental issues in order to improve developing countries’ abilities to develop
sustainably, increase human development and reduce poverty. UNDP works with countries
to strengthen their capacity to address global environmental issues by providing innovative
policy advice and linking partners through environmentally sensitive development projects
that help poor people build sustainable livelihoods.
UNDP’s environmental strategy focuses on effective water governance including access
to water supply and sanitation, access to sustainable energy services, Sustainable land
management to combat desertification and land degradation, conservation and sustainable
use of biodiversity, and policies to control emissions of harmful pollutants and ozone-
depleting substances. UNDP’s Equator Initiative office biennially offers the Equator Prize to
recognize outstanding indigenous community efforts to reduce poverty through the
conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and thus making local contributions to
achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS is a big issue in today’s society and UNDP works to help countries prevent further
spreading and reduce its impact, convening The Global Commission on HIV and the Law
which reported in 2012.

Hub for Innovative Partnerships


Major programmes underway are:

 ART Global Initiative


 World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty
 Territorial Approach to Climate Change
 Africa–Kazakhstan Partnership for the SDGs
Human Development Report
Since 1990, the UNDP has annually published the Human Development Report, which
includes topics on Human Development and the annual Human Development Index.
Evaluation
The UNDP spends about 0.2% of its budget on internal evaluation of the effectiveness of its
programmes. The UNDP’s Evaluation Office is a member of the UN Evaluation Group
(UNEG) which brings together all the units responsible for evaluation in the UN system.
Currently the UNEG has 43 members and 3 observers.

Global Policy Centers


The UNDP runs six GPCs, including the Seoul GPC on partnerships, and the Global Center
for Public Service Excellence that issues the influential ‘Raffles Review’ on developments in
public administration research.

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