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UN’s $5.7B Anti-Poverty Agency Doesn’t Do Much to Reduce Poverty, According to its Own Assessment
Submitted by Bradley Keyes on Fri, 2013-01-18 00:00
According to the document, UNDP’s efforts often have “only remote connections with poverty.” Its anti-poverty programs are “disconnected,” and are frequently “seriously compromised” by a lack of follow-up to help poor countries learn “what works and why.”
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