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

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

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Facing famine

20 million people are at risk of starvation in the worst preventable humanitarian crisis since World War II. 

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We can save lives in Somalia

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Oceans of fortune, oceans of peril
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Oceans of fortune, oceans of peril

Actively engaging coastal communities boosts the chances of building an ocean of plenty.Read more
When faith is at the crossroads
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When faith is at the crossroads

Film ‘IMAN’ presents four intimate stories of the path towards violent extremism.Read more
Responding to drought in Kenya
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Responding to drought in Kenya

Creating capacity for food production and building community resilience has the potential to reduce dependence on rain fed agriculture.Read more
Turning challenges into opportunities
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Turning challenges into opportunities

Refugees from South Sudan and host communities in Uganda team up to propose solutions for shared challenges.Read more
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To end famine, women are vital

South Sudanese women are producing what little food is available – and playing a key role in building peace.Read more
Nature to the rescue
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Nature to the rescue

Working together with nature rather than against it can help reduce risks of floods along coastlinesRead more
Reduction, response and recovery
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Reduction, response and recovery

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No such things as "natural disasters"

What makes hazards become disasters depends primarily on the way societies develop, build and constructRead more

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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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million jobs created in 2015, about 42 percent for women

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million new voters registered in 37 countries

1,035

disaster risk reduction plans put in place in 51 countries

 

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