I. Programme rationale

United Nations. DP/DCP/SRB/2. Executive Board of the. United Nations Development. ... supported by a favourable global economy and sustained implementation of reforms, enjoyed average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5 per cent between 2001 and 2008 and a decline in poverty headcount from 14 per cent in 2002 to 6.6 per cent in 2007 ... ................
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