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consolidation and streamlining of the UN's work at country level to speed up development operations and avoid duplication. As one of the largest international cooperation mechanisms devised to achieve the MDGs, the MDG-F's distinguishing approach was that it addressed development issues at multiple levels, combining the capacity to influence national-level policies with pilot projects that directly benefit citizens. In the area of gender equality, the MDG-F pioneered a dual strategy that involves both programmes that directly promote gender equality and women's empowerment, and, simultaneously, the mainstreaming of gender considerations within all the Fund's other programmatic areas.
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