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UNDP economist calls for prompt cancellation of ineffective projects

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HCMC, April 3, 2008 - Jonathan Pincus, senior country economist of the United Nations Development Programme, yesterday urged the immediate cancellation of ineffective public investment projects in Viet Nam as a measure for harnessing runaway inflation and achieving sustainable growth.

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UNDP has been in Viet Nam since 1977, when there was very limited donor and international presence. Since that time UNDP’s role in Viet Nam has evolved through the country’s many stages of transition, struggle and success since the end of the American Viet Nam war in 1975.

At UNDP Viet Nam we continue to provide critical support in the areas of Democratic Governance, Poverty Reduction, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Energy and Environment and HIV and AIDS, while ensuring recent economic growth improves the living standards of all Vietnamese people. We work to encourage human rights and discourage increasing disparities based on gender, wealth, location, ethnicity, health and more. Learn more about UNDP Viet Nam

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