The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, working in 177 countries and territories. In Myanmar, UNDP provides support to the national political and socio-economic reforms that underpin the country’s transition. UNDP’s support is channeled through a programme that seeks to strengthen institutions of democratic and local governance, support the environment and disaster risk management, and support government efforts for poverty reduction over a five-year period (2013-2015, extended to 2017). (View Myanmar Translation)
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UNDP: Fastest Population Shift in History Means Make or Break for Asia-Pacific
Demographic change in Asia and the Pacific is happening at a rate the world has never seen. An explosion in the working age population and a fall in birth rates that took a century in Europe are happening here in just 30 years.
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New Report | Shaping the Future: How Changing Demographics Can Power Human Development
The report, entitled “Shaping the Future: How Changing Demographics Can Power Human Development”, notes that Asia-Pacific countries now have more working-aged people and fewer dependents than at any point in history, providing a springboard for growth. Region-wide, 68 percent of people are of working age and only 32 percent are dependents.
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Latest Reports
Series: The State of Local Governance in Myanmar
This nation-wide series or reports map the present local governance structures and analyse peoples’ access to basic services and information and their perception of Myanmar’s reform process.