MDGs
- 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...
- An upscaling of effort is needed to get children into school
- S. Abuel-Ealeh; S. Barratt; J. Coventry / Global Campaign for Education, 2010
- This report examines the worst places in the world to be a school child. The ‘School Report’ table findings paint a stark picture of the lives of children from around 60 of the poorest countries demonstrating that a dramat...
- Progress on MDGs 4 and 5: Getting there but more work needed
- J. Requejo (ed); J. Bryce / Countdown to 2015, 2010
- This report reviews progress on MDGs 4 and 5 over the period of 2000–2010. The Countdown to 2015 initiative collects and analyses data from the 68 countries that account for at least 95 per cent of maternal and child death...
- 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...
- in Shaping the policy agenda: African citizens' views and aspirations
- African Monitor, 2010
- There is widespread consensus that significant development progress has been made in Africa. However, five years remain for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and much more needs to be done in terms of gover...
- Acheiving the MDGs: what do Africans say?
- W. Nyamugasira (ed) / African Monitor, 2010
- It is ten years since the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted. Various international, continental and regional bodies have been reviewing MDG progress on an ongoing basis. This report makes contribution using ordinary Afr...
- Social transfers accelerate progress towards the MDGs, but the elderly are still not being recognised as a priority
- A. Walker Bourne; F. Morgan / HelpAge International, 2010
- Non-contributory pensions enable poor older people to provide for their future and the future of their families. Alongside other social transfer schemes, pensions are now being seen to help reduce old age and intergenerational poverty...
- Millennium Development Goals 2010: where are we now?
- L. Jensen (ed) / UN, 2010
- The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the human needs and basic rights that every individual around the world should be able to enjoy - freedom from extreme poverty and hunger, universal education, gender equality, good health a...
- Arguing the case for improved quality and quantity of aid
- J. Burnley / Oxfam, 2010
- Recent critics of aid programmes have argued that aid is in fact the key cause of economic dependency, lack of growth, corruption, and even laziness amongst people living in poverty. The persistence of poverty has cast doubt over the ...
- Progressing towards the MDGs?: improving Pacific government effectiveness
- Australian Agency for International Development, 2009
- Achieving effective and accountable governance is essential for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report addresses development and governance in the Pacific region where development partners have injected signifi...
- An upscaling of effort is needed to get children into school
- S. Abuel-Ealeh; S. Barratt; J. Coventry / Global Campaign for Education, 2010
- This report examines the worst places in the world to be a school child. The ‘School Report’ table findings paint a stark picture of the lives of children from around 60 of the poorest countries demonstrating that a dramat...
- Progress on MDGs 4 and 5: Getting there but more work needed
- J. Requejo (ed); J. Bryce / Countdown to 2015, 2010
- This report reviews progress on MDGs 4 and 5 over the period of 2000–2010. The Countdown to 2015 initiative collects and analyses data from the 68 countries that account for at least 95 per cent of maternal and child death...
- in Shaping the policy agenda: African citizens' views and aspirations
- African Monitor, 2010
- There is widespread consensus that significant development progress has been made in Africa. However, five years remain for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and much more needs to be done in terms of gover...
- Acheiving the MDGs: what do Africans say?
- W. Nyamugasira (ed) / African Monitor, 2010
- It is ten years since the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted. Various international, continental and regional bodies have been reviewing MDG progress on an ongoing basis. This report makes contribution using ordinary Afr...
- Social transfers accelerate progress towards the MDGs, but the elderly are still not being recognised as a priority
- A. Walker Bourne; F. Morgan / HelpAge International, 2010
- Non-contributory pensions enable poor older people to provide for their future and the future of their families. Alongside other social transfer schemes, pensions are now being seen to help reduce old age and intergenerational poverty...
- Millennium Development Goals 2010: where are we now?
- L. Jensen (ed) / UN, 2010
- The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the human needs and basic rights that every individual around the world should be able to enjoy - freedom from extreme poverty and hunger, universal education, gender equality, good health a...
- Arguing the case for improved quality and quantity of aid
- J. Burnley / Oxfam, 2010
- Recent critics of aid programmes have argued that aid is in fact the key cause of economic dependency, lack of growth, corruption, and even laziness amongst people living in poverty. The persistence of poverty has cast doubt over the ...
- Progressing towards the MDGs?: improving Pacific government effectiveness
- Australian Agency for International Development, 2009
- Achieving effective and accountable governance is essential for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report addresses development and governance in the Pacific region where development partners have injected signifi...
- Analysing and addressing governance in sector operations
- N. Boesen / EuropeAid Co-operation Office, 2008
- Ensuring sustainable results with sector aid and sector programmes can be a challenge as a result of governance constraints within the sector. The importance of addressing governance weaknesses at sector level is increasingly rec...
- What impact does agricultural innovation have on poverty and armed conflict?
- P. Andersen / The Borlaug Institute, 2006
- This paper addresses the role of agricultural research and technology in poverty alleviation. It also considers research priorities and the role of national and international agricultural research in achieving the Millennium...
- 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
