UNDP at 60: Six decades of partnership and pioneering solutions
The organization was established in 1965 as a merger of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and the UN Special Fund and grounded in the principles of the UN Charter.
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United Nations Development Program | Springer Nature Link
The General Assembly approved the merger in 1965 and thus the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was born. It started operating on 1 January 1966 under Administrator Paul Hoffman with EPTA
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About us
UNDP is based on the merging of the United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, created in 1949, and the United Nations Special Fund, established in 1958. UNDP, as we know it
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | Britannica
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations (UN) organization formed in 1965 to help countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable human development, an approach to
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the development arm of the United Nations, established in 1965 through the merger of two previous UN programs.
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United Nations Development Programme
OverviewBudgetFoundingGlobal Policy CentresUN coordination roleInnovation FacilityControversiesAdministrator
In 2025, UNDP''s budget was US$6,822.20 million. The following table lists the top 15 DAC 5 Digit Sectors to which UNDP has committed funding, as recorded in its International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) publications. The UNDP claims on the IATI Registry website that the data covers 100% of development flows. UNDP topped the Aid Transparency Index published by Publish What You Fund in 2015 an
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Set up in 1976 by the UN General Assembly, following the UN First World Conference on Women in 1975, it has fifteen regional offices around the world.
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Research Guides: UN System Documentation: UNDP
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Established by A/RES/2029 (XX) of 22 Nov. 1965, which merged the UN Special Fund with the UN Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance
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A brief history of the UNDP
However, in 1966, the General Assembly of the UN established the United Nations Development Programme as we know it today, by merging the EPTA, and the United Nations
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United Nations Development Program
The UNDP was founded in 1965 by the UN General Assembly, to combine the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, created in 1949 and the United Nations Special Fund, created in 1958.
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