This report – a Programme for deepening peace and reducing poverty – presents an assessment of priority needs and then outlines reconstruction and development initiatives to address them. This Reconstruction and Development Programme is designed to: (a) support the
Somali people in their ongoing efforts to deepen peace (achieve reconciliation, peace and security in south-central Somalia as well as strengthen them in Puntland and Somaliland) and to reduce poverty (by expanding and improving social services, by expanding economic opportunities and employment and by generating incomes); and (b) support the international community in its their efforts to help Somali society achieve these objectives.