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Poverty Reduction



Service Lines
SL 1.2 Pro-poor policy reform to achieve MDG targets

SL 4.1 Conflict prevention and peace building

SL 2.6 Decentralization, Local Governance and Urban/Rural Developments Pro-poor policy reform to achieve MDG targets

According to the Global Human Development Report 2007/08, Nepal’s Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.534 is the lowest for South Asia and less than the average for the developing countries. The incidence of poverty is 31 percent and there are significant economic inequalities between the poorest and the richest segments of the population. Poverty has particularly affected the people in the remote and rural areas who have no access to development infrastructures such as roads, communications and other basic services, and who depend on unsustainable use of natural resources to live.

UNDP continues to assist the Ministry of Industries, Commerce and Supplies (MOICS) to create opportunities for employment and income generation among the poor, marginalised and vulnerable groups and communities, especially through micro-enterprises, and explore alternative energy services with a particular focus on the rural poor, marginalised and vulnerable groups and communities. The major partners funding this initiative are DFID, Australia and New Zealand.

In 2007, UNDP conducted preparatory works for the production of the fourth National Human Development Report 2008 on Inclusive Peace Building. This report, due for launch in 2008, will focus on reconstruction, reconciliation, economic development and employment, and provide policy options on post-conflict reconstruction drawing on lessons from other conflict-affected countries. UNDP continues to provide support to various universities in Nepal to mainstream the concept and approaches of human development in the academia.

Building on past support, UNDP’s assistance in 2007, through Enhancing Nepal's Trade Related Capacity (ENTRC) project focussed on enabling the government and private sector take advantage of the trade opportunities offered by Nepal’s global integration and thus contribute to poverty reduction.

UNDP assistance toward reducing poverty in Nepal has seen very positive and tangible results. More people have found venues through which to better participate in economic and social life. UNDP has helped in spurring local empowerment and social mobilisation in Nepal. These important advances need to be sustained.

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Pipeline Projects


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Closed Projects


Micro Enterprise Development Programme-MEDEP

Strengthening Aid Management and National Execution-AIDMGMT

Community Owned Primary Education Programme-COPE

Nepal Window II Trade-related Capacity Building-NWTCB

Operationalization of the Millennium Development Goals in Nepal-OMDGN

Building Capacity to Promote Human Development-BCPHD

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-PRSP

Multilateral Trade Integration and Human Development in Nepal-MTIHDN




Success Stories

Successful bee keeping enterprise of a young entrepreneur ! [05-09-2008]
More opportunity for local entrepreneurs [30-07-2008]
Improved sanitation through Public Private Partnership [03-07-2008]
Providing clean drinking water to economically impoverished urban households [03-07-2008]
Entrepreneurs hope for peace to expand business [05-06-2008]

Other Success Stories...


Publications

MEDEP Mid Term Review 2006 [17-10-2007]
Key Publications of Poverty Reduction [08-11-2005]


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