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The Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 - INDIA
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Countering Climate Change
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Scoping Paper on Financial Inclusion
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Press Release:
UNDP supports Cyclone Nargis survivors
May 8, 2008: Sweeping through Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, and the Ayeyarwaddy (Irrawaddy) Delta region, the cyclone has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance... read more
UNDP: Global business leaders unveil new plans to fight poverty in India
May 6, 2008: Today, at the Business Call to Action event in London, SABMiller, one of the world’s leading brewers, announced that it will double the amount of barley it sources from local farmers in Rajasthan from 7090 mega tonnes to an expected 15000 mega tonnes... read more
Green Power for Rural Areas
Bangalore/New Delhi, March 24, 2008 : Today, Mr. Kemal Derviş, UNDP Administrator and UN Under Secretary General commissioned a biomass gasifier plant, which uses carbon neutral biomass to produce electricity for rural villages, in Boregunte village in Karnataka. The project is supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)/UNDP, India Canada Environment Facility (ICEF), and the Government of Karnataka and managed and run by the community... read more
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TERI-BCSD India hosts “Talking tomorrow lecture Series”
New Delhi, March 19, 2008: With Global Warming increasing its impact and the potential human costs of climate change being understated, TERI – Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) hosted the Talking tomorrow lecture series where Mr. Kemal Dervis, Administrator UNDP and UN Under Secretary General was invited to talk on “Climate Change and Human Development: A journey ahead”...read more
More voice for emerging economies in global decision making: UNDP Chief
Mumbai, March 18, 2008: Calling for reforms in the governance of global financial institutions UNDP Chief Kemal Derviş urged the “emerging South” to take its natural place in the decision making of the international community. He urged India to add its “considerable” weight to a reform and strengthening of the United Nations and Bretton Woods institutions. Renewed legitimacy of the international system and institutions depends on the “emerging South” having its rightful voice and role in decision-making....read more
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