UNDP Nepal annual report 2009
This report reviews the main achievements of UNDP Nepal’s projects in 2009 in : (i) peace-building; (ii) transitional democratic governance; (iii) livelihoods; (iv) rural energy; (v) the environment; (vi) reducing risks from natural hazards; (vii) halting and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS; and (viii) gender equality. It highlights the support to mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction across sectors and to more earthquake resilient buildings as part of the disaster risk reduction activities and looks forward to scaling up the work on disaster risk reduction and mitigating the negative impacts of climate change in 2010. It also details the disaster risk reduction projects undertaken as contributions to consolidating peace and supporting progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.