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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was established in 1965 to combine technical assistance efforts for underdeveloped countries, advocating for change and connecting nations to resources for development. It operates in 176 countries, focusing on issues like poverty reduction, human rights, and governance, while aiming to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Key achievements include a zero tolerance anti-fraud policy and initiatives to enhance governance and address corruption in order to support effective development.
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- 1. UNDPUNITED NATIONS DEVELPOMENT PROGRAMME GROUP:1
- 2. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was founded on 22nd November 1965 with the merger of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance (EPTA) created in 1949 with an aim of helping the economic and political aspects of underdeveloped countries. On the other hand, the United Nations Special Fund, established in 1958 in order to enlarge the scope of UN technical assistance. It was until in 1971 that the two organizations were fully combined into UNDP with an aim of avoiding ‘duplication’ of (their) activities.
- 3. The UNDP is said to stand for the United Nations’s global Development Network/Programme whose function is to advocate for change and connect countries to knowledge, experience and resources in helping people build a better life. It operates in 176 countries and territories, working with nations on their own solutions to global and national development challenges.
- 4. Headquartered in New York City, the UNDP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from member nations. Also, it has country offices in 166 countries, where it works with the local governments with an intention of helping countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS).
- 5. FUNCTIONS/ OBJECTIVES To accomplish the Millenuim Development Goals Encourage global development, The protection of human rights The empowerment of women in all of its programs by focusing much on poverty reduction, HIV/ AIDS, democratic governance, energy and environment, social development, and crisis prevention and recovery. Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its operations Minimize the rate of corruption, fraud and thefty occurring within the organisation.
- 6. WHO LEADS THE UNDP? Helen Clark, born in 26th Febuary 1950, became the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in April 2009. Moreover, she was the first woman to lead the organization. However, she had served as a Prime Minister in New Zealand for nine good years (serving 3 successive terms from 1999- 2008).
- 8. ACHIEVEMENTS UNDP Anti-Fraud Policy Through the OAI’s (Office of Audit and Investigation)effort this organisation was able to adopt a zero tolerance policy against frauds and other corrupt practices that are inconsistence with its standard of conduct or involve a loss to UNDP’s funds. In summary, it has been able to eradicate the above said misconducts.
- 9. Anti-corruption organisations Back in 2011, UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) and UNDP have developed a joint global campaign which focus on how corruption hinders effort to achieve the internationally agreed upon Millennium Development Goals and impacts education, health, justice, democracy, prosperity and development.
- 10. Global Thematic Programme on Anti-corruption for Development Effectiveness (PACDE) The Democratic Governance Group (DGG) developed the UNDP global programme on anti corruption entitled PACDE from 2008-2011 whose main objective was to increase state/ institunal capacity to engage more effectively in reducing corruption to improve governance and sustain development.
- 11. GOOD GOVERNANCE( UNDP) Good governance can be seen as the exercise of economic, political and administrative authority to manage a country’s affairs at all levels. Good governance comprises the existence of effective mechanisms, processes and institutions through which citizens and groups articulate their interests, exercise their legal rights, meet their obligations and mediate their differences.
- 12. INDICATORS OF GOOD GOVERNACE To identify potential gaps and constraints in local policy implementation; To identify specific capacity development needs and to monitor the results of capacity development efforts; To formulate change plans and solicit donor or peer assistance for improving specific aspects of local governance; To engage civil society and private sector in local governance; and To provide an objective account of achievements of local elected leaders (especially at times of re-elections), and thus building accountability.
- 13. Indices on the performance of the indicators of all African countries The aim of the survey is to identify indices that rank or assess country performance in a diverse set of topics including competitiveness, governance, social aspects, human rights, the environment, security and globalization, amongst others. Indices taken for consideration in this survey cover either a particular set of countries (such as a geographical region or income group) or all countries in the world, where data is available.
- 14. Public and private institutions as well as individual scholars elaborate these indices. Public institutions include international governmental organizations (such as UNDP or the World Bank) or federal institutions such as national universities or government departments Organizations and academics elaborate composite indices, based on several indicators or sub-indices. These indicators and sub-indices are aggregated following some methodology to give an overall score for the country
- 15. African Governance Indicators • Organization/Author: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Description and methodology: The ECA’s African Governance Report sets out to measure and monitor the state of governance in 28 African countries. The scores are sample averages drawn from the expert surveys for the 28 countries in the African Governance Project. The indicators first cover political representation, then institutional effectiveness, then service delivery, then taxes and corruption. The methodology for the study consisted of a research instrument with three components in 28 project countries: a national expert opinion survey, a national household sample survey and desk research. The Africa Governance Indicators are derived from the data collected in the expert panel study, which contains 83 measures of the perceptions of the nation’s elite in each of 28 countries covered in the study, clustered in 23 groups.
- 16. INDICATORS Safety and Rule of Law Participation and Human Rights Sustainable Economic Opportunity Human Development Utility
- 17. UNDP REPORT ON THE RISE OF THE SOUTH When developed countries stopped growing between 2008 and 2009 financial crisis, developing economies kept growing and the world took notice. The rise of the south is best understood in broad terms as the story of a dramatic expansion of individual capabilities & sustained human development progress in countries that are home to the vast majority of the world’s population. Some countries that have shown the most growth are Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey.
- 18. The middle class in the south is rapidly growing in size, income and expectations. The south is now become at par with the north as breeding ground for technical innovations and creative entrepreneurship.
- 19. The HDI ( human development index) Over the past few decades the pace of HDI has been fastest in countries in the low and medium human development categories. Progress however, requires more than just improvement in HDI. It will not be desirable or sustainable in the increase in HDI causes the rising of inequalities in income, unsustainable patterns of consumption & low social cohesion. Everyone has a right to a long and fulfilling life according to his/ her aspirations no one should on the basis od class, race, gender, sex etc. be doomed to a short and miserable life.
- 20. DRIVERS OF DEVELOPMENT TRANSFORMATION. 1. A proactive developmental state. This is a state that develops policies for both public and private sectors based on long term vision and leadership, shared norms and values and rules and institutions that build trust and cohesion. It requires countries to start a consistent and balanced approach to development. Priorities need to be people centered, promoting opportunities while protecting people against downside risks.
- 21. 2. Tapping of Global Markets Most developing countries have pursued the strategy of ‘’ importing what the rest of the world knows and exporting what they want’’. This requires that the economies concerned need to provide for a gradual and sequenced integration with the world economy. Success is better achieved this way than by a sudden opening of the economy to the global market. The integration should be closely followed by investing in the people, institutions and infrastructure.
- 22. 3. Social Policy Innovation Few countries can sustain a rapid growth without great levels of public investment, infrastructure, health and education. Education, health care, social protections, legal empowerment all enable poor people to participate in growth. The social policies have to be inclusive, ensuring non- discrimination and equal treatment is imperative for political stability.
- 23. SUSTAINING THE MOMENTUM. Ensuring equity –the best tool to achieving this is education. This is because it boosts self- confidence and makes it easier for one to find better jobs, engage in public debate and make demands on government for better amenities. Enabling voice and participation- people should be able to influence the policies being made and the results achieved by these policies. The youths especially need to be able to look forward to greater economic and political opportunities. Confronting environmental changes- there is an urgent need of adopting coping mechanisms to increase people’s resilience to climate change. Moreso where agricultural dependent countries are concerned. Managing demographic change.