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  Population 4.37 mln
  
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Human Development Report 2011

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Development progress in the world’s poorest countries could be halted or even reversed by mid-century unless bold steps are taken now to slow climate change, prevent further environmental damage, and reduce deep inequalities within and among nations, according to projections in the 2011 Human Development Report. It argues that environmental sustainability can be most fairly and effectively achieved by addressing health, education, income, and gender disparities together with the need for global more...

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Sonia Hossain on January 23, 2012

Bangladeshi micro-credit model helps empower Zambian women

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Just two years ago, Elizabeth Sakala-Banda, a mother of seven in Zambia’s eastern Petauke district, was unemployed and had no way of knowing that an Asian micro-credit scheme could turn her life around, and help put her children through school. During 2010, Elizabeth and some 829 other women joined a local fund, modelled after the Bangladeshi Grameen Bank, which provides small loans to the poor, particularly women, without requiring collateral.

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Moushumi Biswas on January 24, 2012

e-Governance and Citizen Participation in West Africa

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This UNDP / IPAO study aims to provide a better understanding of e-governance practices in West Africa, focusing in particular on citizen participation. It includes an introduction to e-participation challenges in West Africa, case studies of initiatives in this area, and guidelines and recommendations for improving participation in the region through ICTs. Despite the opportunities e-participation offers, it also introduces new challenges, particularly for West African countries. Governments more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 14, 2012

Empowering Lives, Building Resilience

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This publication features success stories from 16 countries where UNDP support has resulted in transformative changes, including by fostering the growth of institutional and human capacities. To qualify as a transformational success, a story needed to demonstrate tangible and sustainable achievements, substantiated by data and personal testimonies. Since these depend on significant changes in institutions, attitudes and behaviours, which require long-term efforts, each story chronicles a more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 19, 2012

Empowering Women for Stronger Political Parties

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This publication identifies targeted interventions for promoting the stronger presence and influence of women in political parties as well as advancing gender equality issues in party policies and platforms. The lessons learned and common strategies in this Guide are drawn mainly, but not exclusively, from 20 case studies that were commissioned by UNDP and conducted by NDI during 2009-2010. The entry points identified are designed to provide ideas for action for political parties, development more...

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Moushumi Biswas on March 04, 2012

Arab Development Challenges Report 2011

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This second Development Challenges Report, coming at a time when the region is passing through a critical historical juncture, attempts to go beyond the numbers to uncover processes that have underpinned mutually reinforcing drivers of social, economic and political exclusion.

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Moushumi Biswas on February 26, 2012

Empowering Women for Stronger Political Parties

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This publication identifies targeted interventions for promoting the stronger presence and influence of women in political parties as well as advancing gender equality issues in party policies and platforms. The lessons learned and common strategies in this Guide are drawn mainly, but not exclusively, from 20 case studies that were commissioned by UNDP and conducted by NDI during 2009-2010. The entry points identified are designed to provide ideas for action for political parties, development more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 11, 2012

Fighting Corruption in the Health Sector: Methods, Tools and Good Practices

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This publication is part of a series of UNDP-sponsored studies that present methods, tools and good practices to map corruption risks, develop strategies and sustain partnerships to address challenges and tackle corruption in the education, health and water sectors. They complement UNDP’s MDG Acceleration Framework (MAF), which has been endorsed by the UN Development Group and enables governments and development partners, within established national processes, to identify and systematically more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 16, 2012

Technological Cooperation and Climate Change: Issues and Perspectives

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A Consultation on “Technology Cooperation for Addressing Climate Change” was organized jointly by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF), Government of India and UNDP in India. This publication comprises commissioned papers which were presented and discussed at the consultation. The publication presents critical viewpoints related to climate change technologies and technology cooperation in order to highlight associated issues, challenges and opportunities. To this effect, it brings more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 16, 2012

Caribbean Human Development Report 2012

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Crime has become one of the main challenges threatening economies and livelihoods in Caribbean countries, but the right mix of policies and programmes can halt the problem, according to the Caribbean Human Development Report 2012.“This report stresses the need to rethink our approaches to tackling crime and violence and providing security on the ground. We need to follow approaches that are centered on citizen security and address the causes of this recent increase in violent crime, including more...

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Moushumi Biswas on February 09, 2012

The Socio-Economic Impact of HIV at the Household Level in Asia

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Equally revealing is the disproportionate social and economic impacts of the epidemic on women and girls. This manifests in the form of a range of socio-economic burdens on women and girls within HIV-affected households and their constrained access to services. The socio-economic impact studies conducted by UNDP between 2005 and 2010 in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, India and Viet Nam provide considerable empirical evidence that opens a window into the actual and relevant HIV challenges that more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 14, 2012

Services and Supply Chains: The Role of the Domestic Private Sector in Water Service Delivery in Tanzania

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This report presents findings from a review of the service activities of informal private water vendors in Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s capital is a rapidly growing city, and around 70 percent of the population lacks proper housing and lives in informal settlements. Large parts of the city remain unserved by the water utility and many of those who have access to the piped network suffer from intermittent supply. As a result, small-scale private water vendors provide an essential service for many, more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 10, 2012

Implementing the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

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UNDP’s involvement in the Paris Declaration process is two-pronged: 1) to engage on development cooperation issues, specifically the quality of aid, within the context of the achievement of the MDGs and other internationally agreed goals important for and related to the overall positions and activities of UNDP and the United Nations; and 2) to support developing countries’ implementation of the aid effectiveness commitments and to facilitate their participation in global fora, such as the OECD more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 11, 2012

Mapping the Global Partnership for Development: Jamaica

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In a globalizing world, a country’s development prospects are shaped by global issues such as trade, migration and climate change. Faster progress towards the MDGs and sustainable human development require countries to respond to challenges and opportunities that globalization presents. This paper presents issues that are important for Jamaica in reducing poverty and achieving development goals.

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Moushumi Biswas on February 01, 2012

Nepal: Human Stories from the Field

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Recovery from conflict is essential to sustain peace in a country like Nepal going through a historical transition. Experiences from around the world have shown that relapsing into conflict is more likely when peace dividends do not reach the people, especially those who are at the receiving end. There is a promising sign that Nepal’s peace process is making some headway at the center. There are positive developments on the ground too where the marginalised communities are beginning to more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 09, 2012

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