MDGs
- Does aid work for the MDGs?
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In 2005, the G8 leaders promised to double aid to Africa and the UN World Summit to increase total ODA by around $50 bn. But will such increases in aid really help achieve the Millennium Development Goals? In this issue of Poverty in Focus, a collection of 12 essays discuss various features of the current international aid system critically and constructively, from a range of different perspectives. Together they offer an important contribution to ongoing debates on aid effectiveness and what changes in aid modalities and procedures are most likely to help achieve the MDGs.
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A methodology for measuring the impact of development interventions on food security
- ( R.,M. Saleth;A. Dinar;S. Neubert / International Water Management Institute , 2007)
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Governments and development agencies constantly plan, implement, and evaluate various development interventions, and there is an understandable concern over the actual impacts that these interventi...
- Which countries and regions are on track in the fight against hunger?
- ( H. Dalzell;L. Kiess;T. Arnold;S. Collins / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2007)
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This document presents an index on key facts, determinants, and trends in relation to hunger and malnutrition. It also details countries and regions are on track in the fight against hunger, that i...
- Who will be left behind by the MDGs?
- ( A., U. Ahmed;R., V. Hill;L., C. Smith / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2007)
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Despite considerable progress in poverty reduction in the past decade, millions of people around the world remain preoccupied solely with survival, and hunger is a reality in their everyday lives. ...
- Youth and the MDGs in the Arab region
- ( Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia , 2007)
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The prospects of the Arab region as a whole for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are encouraging; however wide gaps and significant disparities in progress, both among and within t...
- Is budget support an effective means of financing the MDGs?
- ( R. Carter;S. Lister / Social Watch , 2007)
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International aid donors have increasingly moved toward direct budget support as a means of reducing poverty and meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This article discusses the relevanc...
- Agriculture vital for achieving the Millennium Development Goals
- ( World Development Report, World Bank , 2007)
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Three out of every four poor people in developing countries live in rural areas, and most of them depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods. This year’s edition of th...
Is aid an effective way of achieving the MDGs?
- ( D. Ehrenpreis / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2007)
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In 2005, the G8 leaders promised to double aid to Africa and the UN World Summit to increase total official development assistance (ODA) by around $ 50 bn. But are such increases in aid really what...
- Macroeconomic policies should support the achievement of the MDGs
- ( J. Weeks;T. McKinley / UNDP International Poverty Centre , 2007)
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An alternative macroeconomic framework oriented towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Sub-Saharan Africa is known and feasible. Currently, the effects of neoliberal reforms h...
- Is Asia and the Pacific on track to meet the MDGs?
- ( H. Fu;S. Chaterjee;O. Noman / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , 2007)
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2007 marks the midpoint towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report provides a progress report on the MDGs in Asia and the Pacific and highlights the challenges that remain. The re...
- Are HIV/AIDS funds being used effectively in Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia?
- ( N. Oomman;M. Bernstein;S. Rosenzweig / Center for Global Development, USA , 2007)
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Donor funding for HIV/AIDS has skyrocketed in the last decade: from US$ 300 million in 1996 to US$ 8.9 billion in 2006; yet, little is understood about how these resources are being spent. This pap...
