Enabling sustainable development - #EmpowerTuesday

How can we best help people help themselves? Here are some of the most popular #EmpowerTuesday tweets and Facebook posts. Join the global discussion on enabling sustainable development - we’d love your input!

  1. Do you know what the 4 drivers of change & development are? Find out here: on.undp.org/jqZza #EmpowerTuesday
  2. When human development advances, people live longer & healthier lives with more income & greater dignity. @HelenClarkUNDP: #EmpowerTuesday
  3. Global survey myworld2015.org beats Justin Bieber's My World in Google search: https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=5&gs_ri=psy-ab&cp=3&gs_id=t6&xhr=t&q=my+world&es_nrs=true&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=my+world&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.dmg&fp=e73699d4fc82a92d&biw=1280&bih=920
  4. Building communities - how poor people are unlocking their own potential: ow.ly/ili8q @GdnDevelopment #EmpowerTuesday
  5. Cybelle Agossou decided to enroll in a practical training course to become self-employed. Today, at age 20, she manages a small soap-making business and employs 4 people!
  6. Using a country’s own institutions increases aid effectiveness - an example from #Bangladesh: ow.ly/i4aSX #EmpowerTuesday
  7. We asked you to ask our chief Helen Clark *anything* on Reddit - check out her answers here: http://ow.ly/hYbRc
  8. We asked you what "Human Development" was in your language - here's what you had to say:
  9. VIDEO: Sustainable development happening in East Sudan!
  10. VIDEO: Our chief Helen Clark on rethinking the Millennium Development Goals:
  11. "Young ppl's motivation is coming back - they see a future!" Read what changed in #Georgia: on.undp.org/hrfV4 #EmpowerTuesday
  12. How is the agenda for development post-2015 determined? Find out in this new Wikipedia article: http://ow.ly/hrzVQ
  13. Using national & local institutions makes aid more effective. This is how it works in #Bangladesh: on.undp.org/hcQKG #EmpowerTuesday
  14. The Development Advocate is out! Our offices from 66 countries submitted more than 120 stories, as part of continuous efforts to highlight transformative results delivered in development.
    See the full publication & download the PDF here: http://on.undp.org/hkTjZ

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