MDGs
- United Nations High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP)
- On 9 August 2010, the Secretary-General launched the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP) that brings together renowned world figures to formulate a new blueprint for a sustainable future on a planet under increasing stress resulting from human activities. Recognizing that climate change, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, the destruction of ecosystems and shifting demogra...
- Progress of the world’s women: in pursuit of justice
- L. Turquet / UN Women, 2011
- In 1911, women were allowed to vote in just two countries of the world. Today, a century later, that right is virtually universal. During this time, women have continuously expanded their political rights so that, at the time of writi...
- UNDG MDG good practices (2010) - chapter 2: education and gender equality
- United Nations Development Group, 2010
- This MDG good practice publication presents a list of various constraints and challenges to the achievement of the MDGs, which each good practice has addressed in a national and/or local context. The publication does not claim to be a...
- Women’s empowerment, HIV and the MDGs: hearing the voices of HIV positive women
- UNDP India, 2010
- More than 25 years into the HIV and AIDS epidemic, gender inequality and unequal power relations between and among women and men continue to be major drivers of HIV transmission. Gender inequality and harmful gender norms are not only...
- Health Related Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh: A Reality Check
- K. M. M. Rahman / Unnayan Onneshan, 2010
- Globally agreed all eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality rate, improve maternal health,...
- Women's economic empowerment: issues paper
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2011
- Economic empowerment is the capacity of women and men to participate in, contribute to and benefit from growth processes in ways which recognise the value of their contributions, respect their dignity and make it possible to negotiate...
- Assessing the ICT sector contribution to the Millennium Development Goals
- M. Kuhndt; J. Geibler; M. Herrndorf / Wuppertal Institute, 2006
- This Project Report deals with the assessment of sustainability risks and opportunities for the Information and Communications (ICT) sector and ICT applications. To set a target framework for the analysis, the Millennium Development G...
- Unmet financial needs for malaria control
- R. Snow; E.A. Okiro; P.W. Gething / The Lancet, 2011
- This article analyses whether or not international funding for malaria control has been equitable and adequate. Has international funding been meeting the required needs both in terms of biological needs and national income? ...
- Engineers respond to population increases with a set of Engineering Development Goals
- T. Fox (ed) / Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2011
- Energy, food, water, urbanisation and finance are areas significantly affected by the effects of population growth. How can the engineering profession respond to key challenges in order to ensure the provision of food, water, shelter ...
- Enormous gaps remain in the delivery of MDG 8 commitments
- UN, 2010
- This report about the millennium development goals, specifically the MDG Goal 8 commitment to a global partnership for development, tracks international cooperation efforts and measures them against commitments. The report also ...
- Progress of the world’s women: in pursuit of justice
- L. Turquet / UN Women, 2011
- In 1911, women were allowed to vote in just two countries of the world. Today, a century later, that right is virtually universal. During this time, women have continuously expanded their political rights so that, at the time of writi...
- UNDG MDG good practices (2010) - chapter 2: education and gender equality
- United Nations Development Group, 2010
- This MDG good practice publication presents a list of various constraints and challenges to the achievement of the MDGs, which each good practice has addressed in a national and/or local context. The publication does not claim to be a...
- Women’s empowerment, HIV and the MDGs: hearing the voices of HIV positive women
- UNDP India, 2010
- More than 25 years into the HIV and AIDS epidemic, gender inequality and unequal power relations between and among women and men continue to be major drivers of HIV transmission. Gender inequality and harmful gender norms are not only...
- Health Related Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh: A Reality Check
- K. M. M. Rahman / Unnayan Onneshan, 2010
- Globally agreed all eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality rate, improve maternal health,...
- Women's economic empowerment: issues paper
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2011
- Economic empowerment is the capacity of women and men to participate in, contribute to and benefit from growth processes in ways which recognise the value of their contributions, respect their dignity and make it possible to negotiate...
- Assessing the ICT sector contribution to the Millennium Development Goals
- M. Kuhndt; J. Geibler; M. Herrndorf / Wuppertal Institute, 2006
- This Project Report deals with the assessment of sustainability risks and opportunities for the Information and Communications (ICT) sector and ICT applications. To set a target framework for the analysis, the Millennium Development G...
- Unmet financial needs for malaria control
- R. Snow; E.A. Okiro; P.W. Gething / The Lancet, 2011
- This article analyses whether or not international funding for malaria control has been equitable and adequate. Has international funding been meeting the required needs both in terms of biological needs and national income? ...
- Engineers respond to population increases with a set of Engineering Development Goals
- T. Fox (ed) / Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2011
- Energy, food, water, urbanisation and finance are areas significantly affected by the effects of population growth. How can the engineering profession respond to key challenges in order to ensure the provision of food, water, shelter ...
- Enormous gaps remain in the delivery of MDG 8 commitments
- UN, 2010
- This report about the millennium development goals, specifically the MDG Goal 8 commitment to a global partnership for development, tracks international cooperation efforts and measures them against commitments. The report also ...
- Vulnerability of Small Island Developing States jeopardising progress in MDGs
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2010
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face unique and special challenges. This report highlights key developments and recent trends for SIDS in a number of developmental areas. The paper notes that the population in most SIDS w...
- United Nations High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP)
- On 9 August 2010, the Secretary-General launched the High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP) that brings together renowned world figures to formulate a new blueprint for a sustainable future on a planet under increasing stress resulting from human activities. Recognizing that climate change, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, the destruction of ecosystems and shifting demogra...
- Countdown to 2015
- The Countdown to 2015 Initiative tracks coverage levels for health interventions proven to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality.It calls on governments and development partners to be accountable, identifies knowledge gaps and proposes new actions to reach Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. The Countdown Initiative is a supra-institu...
- Centre for the Millennium Development Goals (CMDG)
- Information on the MDGs
- United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Centre in Colombo
Centre of UNDP's work in Asia and the Pacific
