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Welcome To UNDP Pakistan The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is an important partner of the Government of Pakistan for achieving national development goals and international commitments including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). UNDP's works with the Government, civil society and development partners in four broad programmatic areas; Poverty Reduction and Gender, Democratic Governance, Energy and Environment and Crisis Prevention and Recovery. |
The United Nations system is continuing to save lives and lay the foundations for Pakistan's recovery as the floodwaters start to recede, exposing the large scale of devastation and humanitarian need across the country.
Unprecedented rains have inundated more than 17 million acres of agricultural land in Pakistan, and the United Nations system is working to both save lives and lay the foundations for the country's recovery from the disaster. Loss of life has been relatively low given the scale of the floods—1,600 people of the 17.2 million affected have perished, according to the Government of Pakistan—but the homes and livelihoods of millions of Pakistanis have been obliterated. Seventy percent of roads and bridges in the flooded areas have been washed away..
Efforts to assess the full scale and extent of humanitarian need in Pakistan continue this weekend after two weeks of heavy rain and floods left more than 1,300 people dead and 14 million affected.
The widespread devastation caused by high floods in Pakistan in a matter of less than a week presents horrid pictures of people, livestock and property being swept away by the surging waves fed by heavy downpour.
Islamabad July 26, 2010: Ms. Misako Konno, the longest serving UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, well-known Japanese actress, TV personality and essayist visited Pakistan from 20th to 24th July 2010. The purpose of her visit to Pakistan was to meet with UNDP’s key stakeholders including government leaders, partners and project beneficiaries to promote Pakistan’s development agenda.
| The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is located the area where South Asia converges with Middle East and Central Asia. The country has a 1,046 kilometre (650 miles) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Iran and Afghanistan in the west, India in the east and China in the northeast. Pakistan’s people and traditions reflect a mixture of many varied cultural influences. Although the modern Pakistani state was founded in 1947, it is home to one of the earliest known human civilizations, the Indus Valley civilization, dating back at least 5000 years. |  |
Proportion of the poor in 1990-91 was 26.1 percent and MDG target of halving the proportion means a target of 13 percent for 2015. However, poverty had risen to 34.4 percent in 2000-01 but has since declined to 23.7 percent due to high growth especially in the agriculture sector during 2004-05. The poverty reduction target of MTDF is 21 percent by 2010. The target can be realized provided the growth rate of 7.6 percent and the employment generation targets are met...
Millennium Development Target for education is universal primary enrolment. The net primary enrolment in 1990-91 was 46 percent and it has increased to 52 percent by 2004-05. The MTDF target of 77 percent looks very ambitious and there is little possibility that the target would be met. Similarly 100% target of universal net primary enrolment by 2015 seems to be quite difficult. The target that survival ratio should rise from 50 to 100 percent is even more ambitious...
Millennium Development Target for education is universal primary enrolment. The net primary enrolment in 1990-91 was 46 percent and it has increased to 52 percent by 2004-05. The MTDF target of 77 percent looks very ambitious and there is little possibility that the target would be met. Similarly 100% target of universal net primary enrolment by 2015 seems to be quite difficult. The target that survival ratio should rise from 50 to 100 percent is even more ambitious...
Pakistan has defined four indicators for goal 3. The first indicator is Gender Parity Index (GPI) for primary, secondary and tertiary education. At primary level the index in 1990-91 was 0.73 which has increased to 0.85 by 2004-05 and the MTDF has a target of 0.94 so that the GPI at primary level is achieved by 2015. However, it seems less likely to achieve the target unless more efforts are made. At secondary level index in 2004-05 is 0.83 but the MTDF target is 0.90 and...
There are six indicators relating to goal 4. First indicator is the decline in under five mortality from 140 in 1990-91 to 52 by 2015. Over the 1990-91 to 2004-05 the child mortality has declined to 100, a decline of 40 percentage points. MTDF target is to reduce child mortality rate to 77 in 5 years and then a further reduction of 25 percentage points if the target for 2015 is to be met. Special efforts would be required to meet the target. Second, infant mortality rate...
There are six indicators relating to goal 4. First indicator is the decline in under five mortality from 140 in 1990-91 to 52 by 2015. Over the 1990-91 to 2004-05 the child mortality has declined to 100, a decline of 40 percentage points. MTDF target is to reduce child mortality rate to 77 in 5 years and then a further reduction of 25 percentage points if the target for 2015 is to be met. Special efforts would be required to meet the target. Second, infant mortality rate...
There are 8 targets for environmental sustainability. Forest cover has been targeted to increase form 4.8 percent in 1990-91 to 6.0 percent by 2015. Considering that there has been hardly any increase in the forest cover increasing from 4.8 to 4.9 over the 14 years period, it seems difficult to increase the proportion to 6.0 by 2015. Second, local area protected as percentage of total land area to rise from 9.1 to 12.0 percent over 1990-91 to 2004-05 period. Since by...
The goal is to foster cooperation at the bilateral and multilateral level for realising the MDGs. The Official Development Assistance as per agreement was to rise to 0.7 percent of GDP but the developed economies are providing only 0.25 percent of GDP and that may have been one of the factors behind slow progress towards MDGs, of the developing economies...
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Pakistan Initial Flood Emergency Plan |
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Civic Education Training Manual Introduction |
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2010 Floods in Pakistan A race against time |
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Senate of Pakistan: A Handbook for Members |
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