Programme 304 East 45th Street New York‚ NY www.undp.org/women/ September 2008 ISBN 978-92-1-136228-5 PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 25‚ 2008: MDG3 – GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN – A PREREQUISITE FOR ACHIEVING ALL MDGs BY 2015 United Nations Development Programme GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER GOAL 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION GOAL 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN GOAL 4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY GOAL 5: IMPROVE
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establish a set of goals to achieve in order to overcome those problems. The main purpose of the UNDP‚ with particular reference to Afghanistan includes addressing the following issues in order to achieve the MDGs. 1. Establishing effective Democratic Governance is essential to achieving the MDGs. Therefore‚ the UNDP assists Afghanistan by focusing on activities that will strengthen the aptitude‚ (mainly relating to leadership‚ management and communications) of civil servants involved in priority
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unemployment‚ slow economic growth‚ infant and maternal mortalities among others. The recent world’s attention focused on reducing income gap between the world’s richest and the world’s poorest nation is enshrined in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This is necessitated by the uneven distribution of global resources where the world richest 1% controls as much wealth as the poorest 57% of the population (Chua‚ 2003) Today 60% of the world 6.4 billion population live in abject poverty (Sampson
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Reaction Paper; WHAT IS THE GRADUATING GROUP’S UNDERSTANDING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT? Our group have defined development as follows; It is about growth and advance for the betterment of an individual‚ a group‚ an organization or a nation. DEVELOPMENT does not only involve economic growth‚ although that is crucial. it is also about human development and sustainable development. Human Development describes the growth of humans throughout the lifespan‚ from conception to death. Human development
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Topic Area B: Millennium Development Goal 4: Reducing Child Mortality The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000‚ following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. The MDGs highlight all the global issues that have been neglected in the past. One of these is child mortality. Child mortality-the death of children and
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Shri Mukesh D. Ambani is a Chemical Engineer from Institute of Chemical Technology‚ Mumbai (earlier University Department of Chemical Technology‚ University of Mumbai). He has pursued MBA from Stanford University‚ USA. Shri Mukesh D. Ambani has joined Reliance in 1981. He initiated Reliance’s backward integration journey from textiles into polyester fibres and further into petrochemicals‚ petroleum refining and going upstream into oil and gas exploration and production. He created several new
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Poverty alleviation programs Plans to reduce poverty levels and bridge the gaps in distribution of wealth have been a part of the Government’s policy since India got its independence. Some of the initial programs concentrated on making the poor self sufficient with respect to basic necessities like food. Immediately after independence‚ making food grains available to all residents at controlled prices was an important part of poverty reduction programs. Employment opportunities‚ agricultural
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EXAM PAPER 2011 Module: VI – International Development Assistance Name of course: Multilateral Development Banks and the Private Sector Milica Petruljeskov Rome‚ April‚ 2011 Part I: General Having in mind that the key mission of The World Bank (WB) is overcoming poverty and boosting economic growth in developing countries‚ the core question is whether this clear objective have lost its true meaning during the way. By looking at the WB lending activities it is evident that those
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Role of Mother-in-Law During Intra-Conceptional Care of their Daughter-in-Law In Rural Community of Munshigonj DR. MOHAMMAD KABIR UDDIN MPH: 11-94477-1 Submitter to: Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam‚ Ph.D DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY‚ BANGLADESH (AIUB) DHAKA‚ BANGLADESH. APRIL‚ 2011 Table of Content Chapter 1 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Justification of the study 4. Research Question
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Introduction Key priorities for post-conflict state building and peace building include establishing political governance‚ ensuring security‚ justice and the rule of law‚ and building the administrative institutions of the state. Many argue that early attention needs to be given to gender equality and to increasing women’s voice in political‚ social‚ and economic development in fragile and post conflict settings. State reconstruction can provide opportunities to shape new social‚ economic‚ and political
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