Poverty reduction and economic development programmes Sample Clauses

Poverty reduction and economic development programmes are enhanced, with particular focus on the rural poor, women and marginalized people. UNDP will scale up support to the MDGs, targeting macro‐level economic policy development and implementation at the national and sub‐national levels. UNDP will provide advisory support to the national government in formulating and implementing strategies and policies in key economic and social sectors. UNDP will also strengthen national capacities for efficient aid coordination and increase trade and foreign direct investment. At the local level, UNDP will focus on poverty reduction initiatives to support the economic development of farmers and small businesses, particularly the rural poor, women and marginalized people. Support will include: increasing access of individuals to micro‐ credit, grants, and various sustainable business support services and enhancing rural economic livelihoods. Taking into account the significance of labour migration to the economy of Tajikistan, UNDP will continue to encourage migrants to invest remittances in community‐based initiatives, as a significant contributor to local economic development. Most of the activities within the output will be implemented through Communities Programme (although other implementing arrangements will also be considered). The work mentioned above will be accomplished through the fulfillment of the following four outputs: Output 1.1: Sectoral strategies and policies in selected economic and social sectors are formulated and implemented in support of achieving MDGs and implementing the National Development Strategy (NDS). To accomplish this output, UNDP will work to reach the following target: Target #1: To support formulation and implementation of three sectoral strategies and policies (in the areas of agri‐business, small and medium entrepreneurship, and micro‐finance). As there is limited integrated planning and coordination of development activities in Tajikistan, UNDP proposes to take a supporting role to formulate integrated strategies/policies in at least three sectors (agribusiness, small and medium entrepreneurship, and microfinance). To reach this target, UNDP proposes to work with international organizations and government stakeholders towards the following activities: (i) conduct a sector needs assessment to confirm the sectors requiring strengthening/restructuring and identify additional potential Output 1.2: To support the development of a business registration, regulatory and taxation framework th...