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UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
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UNDP - United Nations Development Programme plays a key role in the United Nations development cooperation. Unlike other operational UN bodies in this field it is not subject to any specific substantive or sectoral restrictions. It is the largest UN development assistance program with resident representatives in over 125 developing countries.
UNDP coordinates and monitors development and progress towards the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by world leaders ath the Millennium Summit 2000. The the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is a global action plan to achieve eight anti-poverty goals by the year 2015.
The UNDP is headquartered in New York.
Documentation
The UNDP official web site provides information about its structure and programmes. It includes full text reports for recent years and a search engine to relevant Country Offices and Programmes.
The magazine Choices is published quarterly containing information about the activities of UNDP.
An annual summary of UNDP activities and programs is contained in the Yearbook of the United Nations, under Development Programme, United Nations. Since October 2008 the complete full text collection of The United Nations Yearbooks is available online at http://unyearbook.un.org/.
Annual Report of the Administrator provides a good survey of UNDP activities. It can be accessed online through the UNDP official web site.
The UNDP web site holds a special section on the progress of the UN Millennium Development Goals with reports, documents and news.
Human Development Report is an annual publication produced with the goal of putting people back at the centre of the development process in terms of economic policy, and advocacy. It contains a chapter analyzing a relevant theme, and provides a Human Development Index (HDI) ranking countries according to such criteria as gender equality, democratic trends, commitment to health, nutritional status and life expectancy. education and an acceptable standard of living.
All reports from 1996 onwards are posted at the UNDP official web site.
Databases and Indexes
References to UNDP documents from 1979 onwards with links to full texts for recent years can be accessed through the United Nations online catalogue - UNBISnet.