Independent evaluation by Gordon McEwan Kindlon of Kosovo United Nations Volunteer program describes job satisfaction levels, discrimination, and low support reported by UNVs.

Promotes gender equality and the advancement of women by evaluating gender issues in UNDP programs.

Assists UN agencies and development projects in purchasing goods and services.

Works in the overall framework of UNDP's sustainable human development mandate to support dryland development and the implementation of desertification accords.

Promotes civil cooperation in water, sanitation, and energy programs in small and medium-sized cities. Provides online databases about projects and issues in small-scale environmental cooperation.

Oversees national programs making information technology more accessible, more usable and more understandable to civil society.

A project established by the Government of Indonesia and the UNDP to stimulate examination of policy options for the country. Aims, publications, statistics and events.

Supports small-scale development operations and microfinance programs.

Supports projects that involve women in all levels of development planning and practice.

Strives to reduce poverty; increase literacy; create jobs; enhance technical cooperation between industrialized and non-industrialized nations; protect the environment; and ensure that women receive recognition, encouragement, and training.

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