This book describes the importance of the millennium development goals and gives an
explanation of the progress toward the goals. It provides recommendations to be …

The UN Millennium Project has been a unique undertaking. Its 10 task forces, Secretariat,
and broad array of participants from academia, government, UN agencies, international …

This book presents the findings & recommendations of the UN Millennium Project to achieve
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It describes the importance of the MDGs and …

A new global consensus has emerged that stresses that the objective of development is to
end global poverty. This consensus is accompanied by a bold new set of targets–global …

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were embraced and endorsed by the
international development community following the Millennium Summit of September 2000 …

This chapter traces the successive attempts undertaken since 1945, under the aegis of the
United Nations (UN), to bring about worldwide economic and social development and the …

Provides the history and details of goals and targets from the Millennium Declaration of
2000, explains that the aim of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) is to reduce …

When the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Millennium Declaration in 2000,
the goals and targets it set in the section on development ultimately became known as the …

Abstract In September 2001, the MDGs were approved by the 56th UN General Assembly.
The international community is thus in possession of a common goal system that has been …

In the relatively short period since the term was introduced, much has been written and
spoken about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The unprecedented attention …