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Malaysia increases strategic partnerships with Arab and Asia Anti-corruption agencies

Kuala Lumpur, 14 December 2011– 16 Chief Commissioners and Heads of Organisations from Anti-corruption Agencies from the Arab states and Asian region are inKuala Lumpur for a three day high-level roundtable dialogue on anti-corruption between December 14 and 16 to discuss strategic collaboration and partnerships. Organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Malaysian Anti-C...

14 December 2011

Cambridge don cites Singapore manufacturing as model for Malaysia

By Shannon Teoh December 07, 2011 Chang gestures during his public lecture in Kuala Lumpur, December 7, 2011. — Picture by Choo Choy May KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — A leading economist said today Malaysia’s drive towards a high-income economy must be led by the manufacturing sector, which offers better productivity growth than services. Professor Ha-...

07 December 2011

Navi Pillay op-ed : The Tunis Imperative: Human Rights and Development in the Wake of the Arab Spring

To get the right answers, ask the right questions by Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights There are moments in history when each of us is called upon to declare where we stand. I believe this is one of those moments. Over the past year, in Tunis, Cairo, Madrid, New York and hundreds of other cities and towns across the globe, the voice of ordinary people has been raised, and their ...

05 December 2011

Public lecture by Professor Ha-Joon Chang

To book your free seats at the lecture, please kindly contact Ms Genevieve Roman at 03-20915126 or genevieve.roman@undp.org. Kuala Lumpur, 1 December 2011— The United Nations Development Programme for Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam in partnership with the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia is inviting the public to attend a lecture by Profes...

01 December 2011

Malaysia Ranks 61 amongst 187 Countries In UNDP’s 2011 Global Human Development Report

Report: Environmental trends threaten global progress for the poor Kuala Lumpur, 25 November 2011— Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead the world in the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI), while the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and Burundi are at the bottom of the Human Development Report’s annual rankings of national achievement in health, education and income...

25 November 2011

UNDP Urges Easier Access to Capital and Increased Institutional Support to Boost the Crucial SME Sector

Kuala Lumpur, 24 November 2011 – Across the region, SMEs continue to be the leading economic drivers, often providing more than half the labour force employment in individual countries and accounting for the majority of their exports. Despite these facts, SMEs continue to struggle for resources and support. With that reasoning, the United Nations Development Programme organized a two day worksh...

23 November 2011

2011 Human Development Report: Environmental trends threaten global progress for the poor

02 November 2011 (Photo: ©UNDP/Arantxa Cedillo) Health, income advancement in developing countries jeopardized by inaction on climate change, habitat destruction, Report shows Wealth and gender disparities linked to environmental hazards Copenhagen—Development progress in the world’s poorest countries could be halted or even reversed by mid-century unless...

02 November 2011

2011 Human Development Index: Norway at top, DR Congo last

02 November 2011 Index covers record 187 countries and territories; inequalities lower HDI rankings for US, Republic of Korea, others Copenhagen—Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead the world in the 2011 Human Development Index (HDI), while the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and Burundi are at the bottom of the Human Development Report’s annual rankings of national a...

02 November 2011

Global UN Peacekeepers Arrive For First Ever Gender And Peacekeeping Seminar Held In Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, October 31, 2011– Over 150 international and national participants are in Kuala Lumpur to attend the seminar on “Promoting Peace through Mainstreaming Gender in Peacekeeping Operations”, jointly organised by the Ministry of Defence, Malaysia (MINDEF) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on October 31 and November 1, 2011. The seminar was officiated join...

31 October 2011

Bureaucracy Main Obstacle To Investigation Abroad - MACC

Bureaucracy Main Obstacle To Investigation Abroad - MACC KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (Bernama) - Bureaucracy has been identified as the main obstacle to efforts by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in conducting investigation abroad. MACC Deputy Chief Commissioner Datuk Mohd Shukri Abdull said the obstacles existed in every foreign country as they have different laws. &quo...

07 October 2011