Publications & Special Initiatives Kemal Derviş visits a voter registration center in Rajapur, Jalakathi, Bangladesh 19 March - As part of Bangladesh’s drive to improve democratic governance, UNDP is working with the country's Election Commission to create a new voter registration list for Bangladesh's estimated 90 million voters ahead of national elections, expected to take place before the end of this year. 18 March - Video: 28 March - The UNDP Goodwill Ambassador and the basketball star launch UNDP’s new advertisement campaign, garnering support for the eight Millennium Development Goals. 24 March - In Karnataka,  a new biomass gasifier plant that uses carbon neutral biomass to produce electricity for rural villages is supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)/UNDP, India Canada Environment Facility and the Government of Karnataka, and is managed and run by the community. Video: 21 March - The Kingdom of Bhutan, the world’s youngest democracy, will hold its first ever multi-party democratic elections on 24 March 2008 to elect a National Assembly a key step in its transition to democracy over the past three decades. Video: 14 March - The grant will support reconstruction assistance in Afghanistan, a peacekeeping support programme in Africa, and a response to humanitarian crisis and peacebuilding in Africa with a particular focus on countries vulnerable to climate cha...
