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UNDP Strategic Plan, 2018-2021

The Strategic Plan sets out a vision for the evolution of UNDP over the next four years
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Why mine action matters

Lead advisor Rosemary Kalapurakal reflects on UNDP's 25 years of work on mine action in over 40 countries.
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Bridging humanitarian needs with long-term development in Dominica
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Sweet success

In Guatemala, honey production is an alternative form of community development.
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UNDP as ‘knowledge frontier’

AidData study ranks UNDP among top sources of policy analysis, and the most cost effective
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The hanging gardens of Colombia

To insulate vulnerable communities from floods, Colombia promotes the use of recycled materials, suspended gardens and climate-smart agriculture.
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After the hurricane

Bridging humanitarian needs with long-term development in Dominica
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A tight knit

In Uruguay, women weavers start a business and form a community.

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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

2M

jobs created over the past three years in 98 countries

75M

new voters registered in 41 countries

1,239

disaster risk reduction plans put in place in more than 50 countries

 

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Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.Amelia Earhart
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UNDP Around the world

A

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan

B

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 Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus

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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

I

India Indonesia Iran Iraq (Republic of)

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Jamaica Jordan

K

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) São Tomé and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Syria

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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

V

Venezuela Viet Nam

Y

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

Representation offices

Denmark European Union Finland Geneva Norway Sweden Tokyo Washington D.C.

Global policy centres

Istanbul Nairobi Oslo Rio de Janeiro Seoul Singapore