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Latest Video: Reasons to Bee Cheerful
Video story of Karima and her husband, who could barely afford to feed their family. Now they have better incomes, and are letting bees do the work.
Afghanistan in photos
Check out what we do and who we work with. Take a tour of UNDP’s work in photos to change the lives of ordinary Afghans.
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How is the national and international media covering UNDP’s work in Afghanistan? We enjoy favourable media coverage thanks to our good work of improving people’s lives. Our areas of work are environment, livelihoods, governance, rule of law, gender and health.
On our “In the News” page you will see radio and TV shows, newspapers and an array of weblogs covering our work and initiatives and feature exclusive interviews with our senior officials and experts.
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Our focus is helping Afghanistan build and share solutions to the challenges of Environment, Livelihoods, Gender, Rule of Law, Governance and Health. UNDP has been working in Afghanistan since 1966 in close partnership with government, civil society and other national and international partners.
We advocate for change and connect the Afghan government, NGOs, civil society and other partners to the knowledge and resources they need to help the Afghan people build a better life
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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 Afghanistan
31.7%
of Afghans are literate
35.8%
of population living below the national poverty line
17.5
is the median age in Afghanistan
8.3%
of people uses internet