UN Seeks Emerging States' Help to Aid Poor

By James Lamont in Financial Times

International development agencies faced a “diminishing market” unless they partnered large emerging economies to bring development to the world’s poorest countries, Helen Clark, the head of the United Nations Development Programme, warned on Tuesday.

Ms Clark said the New-York based UNDP was seeking a global partnership with India, China and Brazil to deliver investment, technology and expertise to other developing countries.

It had already worked alongside India in a solar energy investment in Guinea-Bissau, efforts to boost agricultural productivity in Rwanda and civil and public service training in Afghanistan.

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