Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP

Part of the work of the Social Development and Poverty Elimination Programme (SEPED). Aims at providing catalytic support to country anti-poverty efforts by: (1) raising public awareness of the extent, distribution and causes of poverty, and creating political space for a debate on national development priorities; (2) strengthening the capacity of government agencies and civil society to gather, analyze and monitor social indicators and to review public policies, budgets and programmes that impact on people's well-being; (3) defining national goals and targets for the reduction of overall poverty and the elimination of extreme poverty; (4) improving coordination among agencies dealing with social and economic policy; and (5) building a consensus among public, private and civil society actors on the most effective means to tackle poverty in their country.

WWW site has information on programme, selection of full text publications.