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Over the period 1995-2004, a total of two and a half billion people were affected by disasters, with 890,000 deaths and US$ 570 billion of losses. More
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UNDP partner with Equity Bank to reduce poverty and promote entrepreneurship by increasing women’s access to credit
In May 2008, UNDP partnered with Equity Bank, UNIDO, ILO, and the Ministry of Finance to establish the Fanikisha Initiative in Bondo, Kenya that would increase women’s access to credit facilities and reduce poverty in local regions by giving women capital for economic activities. More
Microfinance in Malawi
The FIMA (Financial Inclusion in Malawi) project will focus on three areas of microfinance to support innovation, increased outreach and sustainability of operations. More
UNDP Partners to Implement a Microfinance System in Mongolia
In an effort to support poverty reduction and long-term development in Asia, UNDP partnered with fourteen different international groups from the public and private sectors to implement a microfinance system that would enable long-term lending and provide borrowing opportunities for impoverished... More
Public and private sectors search for common ground in the movement for children's rights
Leaders from business, government and civil society met to discuss better ways of involving their constituencies in the movement for children's rights. More
Société Générale launches new corporate investment scheme to support UNHCR's earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan
The UN refugee agency has teamed up with Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking based in Zurich and derilab s.a., a Swiss derivatives company, to launch an investment scheme to help raise funds for UNHCR's earthquake relief operation in Pakistan. More
UN-HABITAT launches worldwide private sector partnerships for sustainable urbanisation with BASF, Coca Cola and others
UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, launched a business partnership for sustainable urbanisation to encourage collaboration with the business community. The theme of the partnership’s first meeting on Making cities better places to live, work and do business was attended by over... More
WFP partners with private sector in Malawi
WFP continues to engage the private sector to support the Walk the World event. This annual event raises money to support the school feeding programme. A variety of organisations exist that continue to support the annual Walk the World event such as the transport sector, banking sector and... More
The Times of India, Reliance, and others partner with UNV to 'Teach India'
Run by the Times of India newspaper with the support of UNV, ‘Teach India’ is mobilising people to volunteer two hours per week to teach underprivileged children and adults. UNV is providing four Indian national UNV volunteers – placed in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai – to help match the... More
UNEP and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) create environmental performance indicators
The United Nations Environment Program Financial Institute together with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and a large number of other partners have collaborated to create environmental performance indicators for the financial sector. More
Chevron and Citibank set up Kazakh business advisory centre
Currently, UNDP and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) are involved with the private sector in an innovative development project in Kazakhstan’s Caspian region. More