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About UNDPUNDP is the UN’s global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. World leaders have pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals , including the overarching goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015. UNDP links and coordinates global and national efforts to reach these Goals
About UNDP SomaliaOur work is directed at creating sustainable social and economic development opportunities, enhanced livelihoods and promoting peace and reconciliation. To do this we foster partnerships, mobilize resources and provide advisory, advocacy, development support and coordination services which enable Somalis to benefit from global knowledge and experience.Our work is directed at helping Somalia develop solutions to the challenges of: |
Somali Facts
Population: 10.7 million (UN, 2005)Capital: Mogadishu
Area: 637,657sq km (246,201 sq miles)
Major languages: Somali, Arabic, Italian, English
Major religion: Islam
Life expectancy: 45 years (men), 47 years (women)
Monetary unit: 1 Somali shilling = 100 cents
Main exports: Livestock, bananas, hides, fish
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