A rich and primary source for international development issues from a global (rather than national or partisan) perspective.
"UNDP is the UN’s global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. . . .World leaders have pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, including the overarching goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015. UNDP’s network links and coordinates global and national efforts to reach these Goals. Our focus is helping countries build and share solutions to the challenges of:
Democratic Governance;
Poverty Reduction;
Crisis Prevention and Recovery;
Energy and Environment; and
HIV/AIDS"--UNDP
