UNDP United Nations Development Program [to 22 March 2014]

UNDP  United Nations Development Program [to 22 March 2014]
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22 Mar 2014
World Water Day 2014: Water and Energy – Twin benefits from UNDP/Coca-Cola projects
The concept of ‘water and energy’ – the theme of key water events in 2014 – can conjure up thoughts of large cooling towers in power stations and the hefty power needs of industrial-scale water-treatment plants. But on a much smaller scale, within communities, water and energy also go hand in hand – as is happening in the community water projects of ‘Every Drop Matters’, an innovative partnership between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Coca-Cola Company.

21 Mar 2014
Putting an end to the racial divide
Around 20 to 30 percent of the Latin America and Caribbean population is of African descent. Even though citizens of African ancestry comprise more than half of the population in countries like Brazil, throughout the region they still face discrimination and experience disproportionate levels of poverty and social exclusion.

20 Mar 2014
International experts discuss the reduction of inequalities in middle-income countries in the Post-2015 Agenda
The Government of Spain, supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), opened the workshop on “Development with equality: Reducing inequality in middle-income countries” in Salamanca.

19 Mar 2014
Helen Clark: Speech at the UN Security Council’s public briefing on Post-conflict Peacebuilding

19 Mar 2014
UNDP, Government of Japan Support to Improve Livelihoods of People in Tajikistan and Afghanistan
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Tajikistan signed today an Exchange of Note with the Government of Japan and Grant Agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to support the “ Project for Livelihood Improvement in Tajik-Afghan Cross-border Areas (LITACA)”.