United Nations Development Programme - Institutional Support 2012

Results achieved from 2008 to 2012 include: (1) helping 44 countries generate action plans partnerships and resources to accelerate achievement on lagging Millennium Development Goals; (2) supporting initiatives that have increased food security for 15.3 million people and jobs and livelihoods for 4.7 million people including 2 million in 15 crisis-affected countries; (3) improving access to energy for over 3.5 million rural women thereby increasing their incomes by mechanizing productive tasks and reducing time spent on chores; (4) helping 48 countries strengthen legal and administrative frameworks and policies to generate employment and prioritize the inclusion of marginalized groups in social protection and social safety mechanisms; (5) helping 95 countries improve the delivery of public services and improving the abilities of over 60 parliaments and 70 human rights institutions to undertake their work effectively; (6) helping over 60 countries with electoral cycle management and ensuring the participation of 17.3 million under-represented and marginalized people in elections and constitutional processes; (7) supporting 25 conflict- and disaster-affected countries with the rehabilitation of socioeconomic infrastructure benefitting 3.1 million people; and (8) helping 70 countries ensure that their disaster management plans and strategies include measures to reduce future risks.