UNDPUNITED NATIONS DEVELPOMENT PROGRAMME

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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.

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.

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).

FUNCTIONS/ OBJECTIVESTo 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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

INDICATORS OF GOOD GOVERNACETo 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.

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.

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

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.

INDICATORSSafety and Rule of Law

Participation and Human Rights

Sustainable Economic Opportunity

Human Development

Utility

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.