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Children Speak out Against Poverty
UNICEF and UNDP collaborate to launch the study on Child Poverty and Disparities in Jamaica and mark International Day for the Eradication of Poverty under the theme 'Children Speak out Against Poverty'.
How does our garden grow?
Food and Agriculture Organization and UNDP staff take to back yard gardening
-March 18, 2009 Update
-March 23, 2009 Update
-April 27, 2009 Update
-May 13, 2009 Update
UNDP in the news
Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade Warns Public about Fictitious UN Job Offers
Oct 6 2009
KINGSTON (JIS):
Saturday, September 26, 2009
The following public advisory was issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on Friday (September 25):
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is advising the public to ignore any advertisements for employment purporting to be from the United Nations Programme For International Cooperation and Development.
Call for Submissions to a virtual Migration and Development Knowledge Fair
Sep 30 2009
The next Knowledge Fair of the EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative will be a ‘Virtual Fair’ taking place on the Migration for Development website. The Virtual Fair will be held in conjunction with the Global Forum on Migration and Development Civil Society days on 2-3 November 2009 in Athens, Greece. Submissions are being sought for the Virtual Fair online showcase of Civil Society initiatives. The ‘top’ selected initiative will be invited to participate in the Civil Society days in Athens in November. The Virtual Fair will feature a Virtual Exhibition of Good Practices, a Daily Blog with updates from Athens and video interviews with some of the key participants.
The Call closes in 2 weeks: Friday, 16th October 2009. NOTE DEADLINE EXTENDED.
UNDP Jamaica Supporting Effective Debt Management and Expanded Fiscal Space in the Drive to Achieve the MDGs
Sep 30 2009
Jamaica’s progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been significant: An estimated 9.9 percent of its 2.7 million people lived below the poverty line in 2007, indicating a halving of the poverty rate of 19.9 percent recorded in 1997.[1] Jamaica has appeared on track to achieve MDG1, eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; has achieved Goal 2 of universal primary education; and has made significant progress in eliminating gender disparity in primary and secondary education. Life expectancy is 73.5 years, and access to health care is universal.
But Jamaica is a small island developing country at a critical development crossroads.
Global Reports
World Survey on the Role of Women in Development
Millennium Development Goal 8 - Strengthening the Global Partnership for Development in a Time of Crisis
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2009
Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009
