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`Asia-Pacific countries must respond to climate change`

`Asia-Pacific countries must respond to climate change`


Observing that the Asia-Pacific region has some of the world`s fastest-growing cities, the report sa...

UNDP official appointed Dean of University


A senior official of UNDP has been appointed as the Dean of O P Jindal Global University as it prepa...

India ranks low 134 in Human Development Index


The report said India`s HDI value for 2011 was 0.547 positioning the country in the `medium human de...
UNDP calls for energy access to all by 2030

UNDP calls for energy access to all by 2030


With 1.4 billion people in the world still living without electricity, the United Nations Developmen...

`India needs to speed up to achieve MDGs by 2015`


Indian states like Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Uttar Prades...

Delhi, Kerala, Goa have least number of poor: UNDP


Amidst acute poverty across South Asia, the five states of Delhi, Kerala, Goa, Punjab and Himachal P...
`8 Indian states poorer than Africa`s 26 poorest`

`8 Indian states poorer than Africa`s 26 poorest`


Acute poverty prevails in 8 states, including Bihar, UP & West Bengal, together accounting for more ...
15% of Sunderbans will be submerged: UNDP report

15% of Sunderbans will be submerged: UNDP report


An estimated 15% of the Sunderbans delta will go under the sea by 2020.

UN acted in haste in recalling official, shutting UNDP: Lanka


The government today said UN chief Ban Ki-moon had acted in `precipitant haste` in recalling a top...

NREGA helps reduce poverty, inequality: Report


The UNDP has highlighted India`s rural employment guarantee scheme, popularly known as NREGA, for it...
UNDP to save India`s blackbucks & turtles

UNDP to save India`s blackbucks & turtles


UNDP has approved a pilot project for protection of endangered blackbuck and Olive Ridley turtles.
UNDP to protect endangered species from coastal states

UNDP to protect endangered species from coastal states


Seven endangered marine species will be protected through United Nations Development Project (UNDP...

Govt enhances funds for disaster risk management programme


Government Thursday enhanced the monetary outlay for the disaster risk management programme run join...

UNDP chief, PM discuss on ways to enhance India`s partnership


UNDP Administrator Helen Clarke today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed with him way...
Asia-Pacific women lack economic power, rights: UNDP

Asia-Pacific women lack economic power, rights: UNDP


While Asia and the Pacific can take pride in the region’s vibrant economic transformation in recent ...

EU-UNDP offer disaster management sensitisation kit to Nepal


An information kit aimed at sensitising Nepal lawmakers on disaster management and the need to str...
Asia needs to change export-led growth model: UNDP

Asia needs to change export-led growth model: UNDP


Asia needs to craft out a new growth plan because the export-led model that has served the region we...
Canada global leader in immigration policies: UNDP

Canada global leader in immigration policies: UNDP


Canada is a model to the rest of the world of how to accept new immigrants and migrant workers, acco...
Canada best for immigrants, says UNDP

Canada best for immigrants, says UNDP


Canada has been lauded as a role model for the rest of the world for accepting new immigrants.

Dharavi not Asia`s largest slum, it is Karachi: UNDP


Dharavi, which is in the heart of India`s financial capital Mumbai, is not the largest slum in Asia ...