United Nations Development Programme

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/united-nations-development-programme

1. What is the funding structure?
2. What is the strategic focus?
3. What is the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?
4. Why does UNDP focus on helping countries become self‑sufficient instead of just giving money?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the funding structure?Funded entirely by voluntary contributions from its member states, reflecting global commitment
2. What is the strategic focus?Emphasis on developing local capacity for long-term self-sufficiency and prosperity
3. What is the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)?The UNDP is the UN’s main organization that helps countries around the world reduce poverty, grow their economies, and improve people’s lives. It works by building local skills and strengthening governments so that progress lasts.
4. Why does UNDP focus on helping countries become self‑sufficient instead of just giving money?UNDP believes lasting change comes from inside a country. By training people, strengthening institutions, and encouraging good policies, the country can keep improving on its own.

Human Development: A broad approach to development that focuses on expanding people's choices and capabilities for a better life.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A set of 17 global goals adopted by the UN to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030.
Capacity Development: The process by which individuals, organizations, and societies obtain, strengthen, and maintain the capabilities to set and achieve their own development objectives.