From potential to prosperity - UNDP supports the Doha Programme of Action’s ambitious agenda for least developed countries

UNDP’s mission is to leave no one behind. Not a person. Not a country. That means focusing on the most disadvantaged first.

The world’s “least developed countries” (LDCs) are where people not only struggle to get the basics to feed their families, but they do so within a larger society that faces structural impediments to universal prosperity.

Without the 46 LDCs, the world cannot achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the blueprint for a future free from poverty and hunger, and safe from the worst effects of climate change.

The compounded effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the increasingly savage effects of climate change, have caused devastating setbacks.

Soaring food and energy prices may have pushed as many as 71 million people into poverty, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

UNDP’s programming is surgically focused where it’s most needed, and amongst the most vulnerable, to promote wider change.

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