UNDP-DFID laud success in reducing urban poverty

A high profile delegation of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Department for International Development (DFID) has highly lauded the success achieved in reducing urban poverty under Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction (UPPR) project in Rangpur city. The delegation members made their observations while exchanging views on the project overviews with Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Mayor Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu at the City Bhaban in Rangpur city. The delegation included team leader of the Extreme Poverty Team of DFID Graham Gass, its Nutrition Adviser Chris Penrose, Evaluation Adviser Fran Martin and Programme Manager Aminur Rahman, Deputy Country Director of UNDP Nick Beresfor, its Head of Communications Syeda Nazneen Ferdousi and Urban Programme Analyst Ashequr Rahman and International Project Manager of UPPR project Per Bertilsson. The Local Government and Engineering Department has been executing the UPPR project through RCC at Tk 260 million for 30,000 extremely poor slum families of 15 Wards (out of 33 Wards) of the RCC since 2009 under management of the UNDP. The UKaid through the DFID, UNDP and Government of Bangladesh have been funding the project, according to a news agency.