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VIDEO: Sophia in Nepal - Q & A
UNDP Asia-Pacific's first non-human Innovation Champion Sophia interacts with UNDP Nepal Country Director Renaud Meyer during the conference on Technology for Public Services and Development held in Kathmandu on 21 March.
Earthquake recovery response
UNDP is supporting the Government of Nepal through a 3-year recovery program. The program focuses on supporting national recovery and reconstruction planning and implementation; recovering livelihoods and promoting socio-economic development opportunities of communities; restoring local governance systems and public service delivery; and helping to build a disaster-resilient Nepal
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UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in some 170 countries and territories, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners. UNDP has been supporting the Nepalese people in their struggle against poverty since it opened an in-country office in 1963.
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When we began our work five decades ago, one in three people worldwide lived in poverty. Now? Just one in eight. Let’s finish the job.
About Nepal
65.9%
of Nepalis (five years & above)are literate
21.6%
of Nepalis fall below the poverty line
40.34%
of Nepal's population is between the ages of 16 to 40
14.18 million
people in Nepal have access to the Internet