Poverty
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It is estimated that 1.3 billion people globally, live on less that 1 US
dollar a day. Developing countries are therefore working to create
their own national plan to promote poverty eradication strategies based on local needs
and priorities.
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Through the Millennium Development Goals
(MDG) the world is
addressing the many dimensions of human development, including halving
by 2015 the proportion of people living in extreme poverty.
The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
has placed significant emphasis on
expanding the range of social services available to the vulnerable and
making the delivery process more efficient.
UNDP is assisting in the achievement of this
goal by providing support in
the critical areas of health and education. Utilizing the services on
United Nations Volunteer programme, these projects are improving health care delivery and outreach to
the vulnerable and improving educational planning capacity in the
Ministry of Education to ensure achievements of MDG and Vision 2020
targets.
Measuring Vision 2020 and MDG goal attainment are important for national
planning. Using UNDP financing and technical assistance, the Government
is addressing the weak capacity for data collection, monitoring and
evaluation. The outputs from this initiative will be a comprehensive
searchable socio-economic database and national capacity for monitoring,
evaluating and reporting on national goal attainment.
UNDP’s poverty programme in Trinidad and Tobago has focused on informing
policy development and programming delivered through a mixture of policy advice, advocacy and downstream
initiatives.
UNDP’s
poverty portfolio in Trinidad and Tobago is concentrated in the
following areas:
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UNDP Project Title:
National Socio-Economic Database |
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UNDP Project
number:
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Focus
Area: Poverty Eradication |
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00049033 |
Service Line: |
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Dates:
2006-2008 |
Status: Ongoing |
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Location: Trinidad and Tobago |
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Implementing Partner: Ministry
of Planning and Development |
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Financial
Information |
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Source of
Funds: |
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Government |
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UNDP |
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Third-Party |
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Budget: |
$330,000 |
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Expenditure to
date: |
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Brief Description:
The need for a National Socio-Economic Database
is being addressed with this project. Such a facility will
improve the country's capacity to mange and access reliable
gender disaggregated data to facilitate evidence based planning
and inform the allocation of budgetary resources.
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Project Document |
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Contact:
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UNDP Project Title:
Support to the Ministry of Health - UNV Doctors |
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UNDP Project
number:
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Focus
Area: Poverty Eradication |
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00015001 |
Service Line: |
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Dates:
2003-2006-2009 |
Status: Ongoing |
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Location: Trinidad and Tobago |
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Implementing Partner: Ministry
of Health |
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Financial
Information |
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Source of
Funds: |
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Government |
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UNDP |
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Third-Party |
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Budget: |
$12,313,236.00 |
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Expenditure to
date: |
$11,945,985.00 |
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Brief Description: UNDP
provided approximately one hundred UN Volunteer doctors to fill
an urgent gap in the health care system in Trinidad and Tobago.
This project has resulted in increased healthcare delivery in
all national hospitals to ensure reduced surgical waiting time,
particularly in ophthalmology. While this project was
scheduled to end in 2006, it has been extended to the year 2009. |
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Project Document |
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Contact:
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UNDP Project Title:
Micro Credit |
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UNDP Project
number: |
Focus
Area: Poverty |
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00014978 |
Service Line:
1.3: Local Poverty Initiatives,
including microfinance |
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Dates:
2000 - |
Status: Ongoing |
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Location: Trinidad and Tobago |
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Implementing Partner:
Ministry of Social Development |
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Financial
Information |
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Source of
Funds: |
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Government |
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UNDP |
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Third-Party |
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Budget: |
$161,555.53 |
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Expenditure to
date: |
$342,000.00 |
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Brief Description:
This project has
established seven community-led Micro Credit Facilities in six
of the fourteen regional districts in Trinidad and Tobago. The
project aims to improve the living standards of economically
vulnerable groups through community empowerment and
entrepreneurial development. It provides on-lending funds and
business development support services to facilitate direct
community involvement in entrepreneurial development and the
promotion of sustainable livelihood opportunities at the
community level as a strategy to reduce poverty. Micro Credit
loan facilities are currently in operation in the following
areas: Roxborough, Tobago; La Seiva , Maracas/St Joseph;
Gonzales, Belmont; Mayaro ; Four Roads/Tamana; Cunjal Road;
and Ste. Madeleine. This project was initiated in 2000 and
has been extended annually. |
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Project Document |
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Contact:
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UNDP Project Title:
United Nations Development Programme/Small Grants
Programme (UNDP/SGP) in Trinidad and Tobago |
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UNDP Project number: |
Focus Area:
Poverty
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00015010 |
Service Line:
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Dates:2004-2011 |
Status:
Ongoing |
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Location:
Trinidad and Tobago |
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Implementing Partner:
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Financial Information |
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Source of
Funds: |
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Government |
$124,570.00 |
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UNDP |
$22,000.00 |
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Third-Party |
$350,000.00 |
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Budget: |
$577,005.00 |
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Expenditure
to date: |
$347,000 |
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Brief Description:
The UNDP is committed to supporting sustainable development
in Trinidad and Tobago.
Recognizing that education and capacity-building
are critical elements to sustainable development
through poverty reduction, UNDP seeks to expand its
support to civil society through the expansion of its
existing Global Environment Facility/Small Grants
Programme (GEF/SGP) to a UNDP Small Grants Programme
(UNDP/SGP). This will facilitate a broadening of the
vision of the present SGP to include other interest
groups and in areas relevant to poverty reduction, but
outside of the traditional GEF Focal Areas.
Specifically, the expanded SGP will maintain its focus
on environmental concerns but will also embrace other
issues that relate to the promotion of healthy family
lifestyles. Issues which impact on the basic societal
unit – the family, would be aligned to
UNDP’s practice areas of
Poverty and Social Equity, HIV/AIDS, Environment and
Energy, and Democratic Governance. |
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Project
Document |
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Contact: |
Contact:
| Mrs. Sandra Baptiste Caruth |
| Programme Specialist |
| sandra.baptiste-caruth@undp.org.tt |
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