The document summarizes the work of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in addressing global poverty. It discusses how UNDP advocates for sharing knowledge and expanding access to resources to empower the poor and reduce poverty worldwide. UNDP works with governments and NGOs in 177 countries on development goals focused on poverty reduction, democratic governance, crisis prevention, and environment. Some of UNDP's frameworks to alleviate poverty include Poverty Reduction Strategies and focusing the First Decade for the Eradication of Poverty on national and international efforts to end poverty.