The diversity
of deprivations

2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index shows how people experience poverty in very different ways

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Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022

Profiling poverty beyond income shows where to have the biggest impact in a world in crisis

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Urgent international financial system action needed to avert an unprecedented development crisis: UNDP

The multilateral system should not wait to act until developing economies slide into recession – the time to act is now

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UNDP report paints grim picture of Afghanistan a year after transition

Support to livelihoods and jobs essential to addressing cascading economic crises

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50 percent of world’s poorest need debt relief now to avert major systemic development crisis, UNDP warns

Debt restructuring cannot wait until interest rates drop or a global recession kick in

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Urban October

Ghana tackles urban waste management

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Global leaders usher in a new era of digital cooperation for a more sustainable, equitable world

Countries commit to sharing digital public goods and best practices for the Global Goals. Funders commit US$295 million to advance inclusive digital public infrastructure

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Food, fuel, finance

The global impact of the war in Ukraine

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#FutureSmartUNDP

Development is changing. So are we.

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UNDP Response

COVID-19 pandemic

An integrated global response is an investment in our future.

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Our
mission

UNDP works in 170 countries and territories 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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expertise

People

We are determined to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and dimensions, and to ensure that all human beings can fulfil their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.

We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations.

Prosperity

We are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous and fulfilling lives and that economic, social and technological progress occurs in harmony with nature.

Peace

We are determined to foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear and violence. There can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development.

Partnership

We are determined to mobilize the means required to implement this Agenda through a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity, focused in particular on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and with the participation of all countries, all stakeholders and all people.

Trusted partnerships

Partnership is at the heart of everything UNDP does. We offer a nearly universal presence across the world. We are determined to mobilize the means to implement the 2030 Agenda through a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, with a focus on the poorest and most vulnerable.

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