Login | | Publications | | Human development report (National/Regional/Global)  | Samoa National Human Development Report 2006Sustainable livelihoods in a changing Sãmoa
The phrase in the theme "A changing Sãmoa" directs attention to a society that is in a constant state of flux as a result of both internal and external factors. The latter include the influence of migration, education, trade, religion and, more recently, accelerated globalization brought about by advanced information technology. Internal factors include competition for limited local resources, the existence of traditional structures and associated values, and changes brought... |  | Asia-Pacific National Human Development Report 2010A Turning Point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific
The report focuses on the critical question of advancing gender equality, as seen through the prism of women’s unequal power, voice, and rights. Despite the region’s many economic gains, the Report chronicles how in many instances women across the region continue to be held back and disadvantaged. Even as many women have benefited from their countries’ improved education, health, and prosperity, they continue to face barriers to the same opportunities available to men. The...
|  | Human Development Report 2010 — 20th Anniversary EditionThe Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development
The first Human Development Report in 1990 opened with the simply stated premise that has guided all subsequent Reports: "People are the real wealth of a nation." By backing up this assertion with an abundance of empirical data and a new way of thinking about and measuring development, the Human Development Report has had a profound impact on development policies around the world.
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Millennium Development Goals Report (National/Regional/Global)  | National Millennium Development Goals Report Cook Islands 2010
In 2005, our first Millennium Development Goals National Report was published. This action signified our commitment alongside the global community to improve the living standards of Cook Islanders. Our first report demonstrated thatthe Cook Islands has made significant strides in the areas of education, health, and political development. The principles that have directed our efforts expect us to strive to achieve all goals, highlighting, that the process ofgoal achievement is an iterative one. We therefore need to assess what has been achieved, refine our approachesand strategies and redefining goals in order to continue to improve the status of our people.
|  | Niue Millennium Development Goals 2006 Report
Niue, a single small island microstate in the Pacific, is the world's largest raised atoll (250 sq km) with one of the world's smallest populations; 1,625 people in 2006. Niue faces challenges inherent in its small size, limited natural resources, geographical isolation from global markets, devastating impact of natural disasters such as Cyclone Heta in 2004, declining population numbers and continuing dependence on regional airlines for transport links to the world. |  | Millennium Development Goals Samoa 2010
It is over a decade since Samoa signed up to the Millennium Declaration. This MDG Report is Samoa’s second attempt to capture and report internationally on overall development in Samoa based on the Millennium Development Goals and targets it signed up to in September 2000. Whilst the report is useful for international and regional benchmarking and comparison, its real value is that it is part of Samoa’s national planning, monitoring and review process and a useful basis for national discussion and actions to address key development challenges and priorities identified.
First Progress Report 2004 (9MB) |  | Asia-Pacific MDG Report 2010/11 - Path to 2015: MDG Priorities in Asia and the Pacific
The report Paths to 2015 emphasises the inter-relationships between MDGs by identifying some overall priorities and opportunities that countries can consider for achieving all the goals. Then it focuses specifically on three areas: hunger and food security; health and basic services – areas where the Asia-Pacific region as a whole appears to be falling short; and on improvement of basic infrastructure which is often neglected but is critical if the region is to achieve the MDGs. |  | The Millennium Development Goals Report 2011
Reliable, timely and internationally comparable data on the MDG progress indicators are crucial for holding the international community to account, encouraging public support and funding for development, allocating aid effectively, and comparing progress among regions and across countries. This report draws on data from numerous international agencies and national governments to present an accounting to date of how far the world has come in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). |
UNDP Annual Report  | UNDP in Action Annual Report 2010/2011
Development can mean many things to many people. At UNDP, we believe ‘human development’is about expanding the choices available to people in order to live valuable lives. Economic growth is important, but it is truly only a means for enlarging those choices. A fundamental part of expanding those choices is building human capabilities, the range of things that people can achieve in their life. We believe strongly that people’s well-being and their quality of life is the most important measure of whether ‘development’ is successful. |
Thematic evaluation report  | EVALUATION OF UNDP CONTRIBUTION TO STRENGTHENING LOCAL GOVERNANCE
The evaluation of the UNDP contribution to strengthening local governance was approved as part of the programme of work of the UNDP Evaluation Office at the September 2008 session of the Executive Board.1 The present report sets out the findings of the evaluation which assesses the relevance, responsiveness, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of UNDP work in the area of local governance. |  | EVALUATION OF UNDP CONTRIBUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FOR POVERY REDUCTION: THE POVERTY-ENVIRONMENT NEXUS
The Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Environmental Management for Poverty Reduction: The Poverty-Environment Nexus commenced in May 2009, as part of the UNDP Evaluation Office 2009-2010 programme of work approved by the UNDP Executive Board. |  | EVALUATION OF UNDP CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER PREVENTION AND RECOVERY
This evaluation examines the contribution of the UNDP to strengthening national capacities in disaster risk management and recovery since 2000. It assesses the relevance of UNDP's work with respect to national priorities and the organization's mandate; the effectiveness of achieving development results; the efficiency of institutional and programming arrangements; and the sustainability of resulting benefits. |  | EVALUATION OF UNDP CONRIBUTION AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL TO DEVELOPMENT AND CORPORATE RESULTS
Regional cooperation is becoming ever more important as countries work together on challenges that cannot be addressed by each alone and on regional public goods, including security, trade, environment and development. New forms of cooperation are taking place with the emergence of new regional and subregional groupings, some of which cut across traditional geographical and political categories. |  | EVALUATION OF UNDP CONTRIBUTION TO STRENGTHENING NATIONAL CAPACITIES
A central element of development effectiveness is national capacity to achieve the goals and aspirations of the people of a country. Consequently, this has been an important dimension of both bilateral and multilateral development cooperation. In the United Nations system, capacity development has a special significance, as it underpins the mandate of all organizations in the UN development family. |
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| | | Poverty Report
 | SAMOA A REPORT ON THE ESTIMATION OF BASIC NEEDS POVERTY LINES, AND THE INCIDENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF HARDSHIP & POVERTY ANALYSIS OF THE 2008 HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND EXPENDITURE SURVEY
Samoa Bureau of Statistics And UNDP Pacific Centre
Suva, Fiji
March 2010 |
Gender  | Gender, Climate Change and Community-based Adaptation
This guidebook seeks to ensure that Community-based Adaptation (CBA) projects contribute to the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment by integrating a gendered perspective into programming and project design. By providing simple tools and practical advice on how to take a gender-sensitive approach to planning and implementing adaptation projects and programmes it is a useful reference for any development practitioners or policymakers working in this field. Gender mainstreaming in CBA projects supports the vigorous and sustained participation of both women and men in all project aspects because successful projects require the participation, knowledge, and skills of all community members. more... |  | EMPOWERED AND EQUAL Gender Equality Strategy 2008-2011
That is why UNDP integrates gender equality and women's empowerment in its four main areas of work: poverty reduction, democratic governance, crisis prevention and recovery, and environment and sustainable development. |  | Thematic Paper on MDG3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
This paper identifies promising or successful experiences in country efforts to move towards achieving Millennium Development Goal no. 3 — Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women — and summarizes key lessons and future measures conducive to accelerating progress. The focus of the paper is on the national and local level; on country-led (rather than UN) efforts; and on a range of immediate and underlying factors that appear to be important or essential in enabling progress under differing conditions and country circumstances. |
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