United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Development Programme Helps Rebuild Haiti (PHOTOS)

Gary He | Posted 03.12.2012

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Insider Images photographer Stuart Ramson was dispatched to Haiti to document some of the initiatives being carried out as part of the rebuilding process, which most notably features the creation of 300,000 temporary jobs by the UNDP to deal with debris removal and garbage collection.

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2011 Human Development Index

Posted 01.03.2012

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published its annual Human Development Index on Wednesday, painting a grim picture of the prospects fo...

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Tuvalu: The First Country In The World To Become Unlivable?

Mother Jones | Rachel Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is the Tuvalu Christian Church, the heart of a migrant community from what may be the first country to be rendered unlivable by global warming....

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Honduras: Term Limits When Governments Benefit People

Nelson P. Valdes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congress and Courts belong to the rich and powerful who also control the military in cooperation with the Pentagon. Washington provided aid.

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4 Somali Aid Workers Kidnapped

Daily Nation | Posted 05.25.2011

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Four aid workers have been kidnapped in Somalia. The victims are a Somali local staff and three expatriates. The kidnap took place in Wajid district,...

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Bangladesh's Rats Spark Fears Of Bubonic Plague Outbreak

BBC NEWS | By Mark Dummett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scientists have warned of the possibility of an outbreak of bubonic plague in south-east Bangladesh because of the growing population of rats....

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U.S., Iran Allied In Efforts To Save Asiatic Cheetah

TimesOnline | Sonia Verma | Posted 05.25.2011

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A cheetah on the edge of extinction has become the unlikely catalyst for something even more rare: a show of unity between political foes. Iranian an...

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