UNDP Around the world

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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan

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Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Burkina Faso Burundi

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Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Dem. Republic of) Congo (Republic of) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Côte d'Ivoire

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Democratic People's Republic of Korea Djibouti Dominican Republic

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Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia

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Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana

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Haiti Honduras

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India Indonesia Iran Iraq (Republic of)

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Jamaica Jordan

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Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo (as per UNSCR 1244) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan

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Lao PDR Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya

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Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritania Mauritius & Seychelles Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar

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Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria

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Pacific Office Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People

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Russian Federation Rwanda

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Samoa (Multi-country Office) Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Syria São Tomé and Principe

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Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan

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Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan

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Venezuela Viet Nam

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Yemen

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Zambia Zimbabwe

Regional presence

Africa Arab States Asia and the Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean

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This is change.

With a bold new global agenda, we’re closing in on ending poverty – everywhere and permanently – while protecting the planet for everyone.

We’re closing in on ending poverty – while protecting the planet for everyone.

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Protecting the lungs of the planet
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Protecting the lungs of the planet

In Peru's Southern Amazon, the indigenous Harakmbut people are warriors against climate change.

Watch: Ground Beneath Her
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Watch: Ground Beneath Her

Virtual reality film follows the struggle of 14-year-old Sabita in the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.

A humanitarian crossroads
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A humanitarian crossroads

Why climate resilience is key to avoiding future food crises

Reduction, response and recovery
Managing wildfires fueled by climate change in South Africa

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Photo story
Reduction, response and recovery
Underwriting the Global Goals
The Sendai Framework charts a way forward for reducing disaster risk.

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Underwriting the Global Goals
In times of crisis, leave no one behind
The Lake Chad basin in Nigeria is on the brink of famine in a crisis that is exposing long-standing vulnerabilities.

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In times of crisis, leave no one behind
Is your business SDG ready?
SDG engagement can take the form of a tested and decade-old concept: inclusive business.

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Is your business SDG ready?
All of us can reduce carbon emissions
UNDP and Chinese bike-sharing start-up ofo join forces to support innovative solutions to climate change challenges.

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All of us can reduce carbon emissions
Upholding people's rights in disasters
Despite the tragedy, the devastating flooding in Peru presents an opportunity to bring the country together.

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Upholding people's rights in disasters

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Reduction, response and recovery
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Underwriting the Global Goals
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In times of crisis, leave no one behind
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Is your business SDG ready?
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All of us can reduce carbon emissions
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Upholding people's rights in disasters

Our mission

On the ground in about 170 countries and territories, UNDP works to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet. We help countries develop strong policies, skills, partnerships and institutions so they can sustain their progress.

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Our impact

1.35

million jobs created in 2015, about 42 percent for women

68

million new voters registered in 37 countries

1,035

disaster risk reduction plans put in place in 51 countries

 

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It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.Wangari Maathai
Environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner