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    Citizens’ agenda for Africa’s development

    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 governance, economic and social development.
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    Tracking development and governance in the Pacific

    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 significant assistance. However, most Pacific governments are not managing the aid well enough.
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    Analysing and addressing governance in sector operations

    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 recognized as a precondition for attaining results and achieving sustainable development.
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    The role of CSOs: training modules - MDG-based national development strategies

    Ghana Civil Society Resource Centre, 2007
    Civil society organisations (CSOs) provide one of the more formal channels for ensuing community concerns are heard and addressed. Practice has shown that CSOs can play a critical role in making sure a government’s development promises are fulfilled — and when they are not, that policy changes are made.
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    Progress of the world’s women 2008/2009: who answers to women? gender and accountability

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2008
    UNIFEM’s biennial flagship report argues that realising women’s rights and achieving the Millennium Development Goals depends on strengthening accountability for commitments to women and gender equality.
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    Egypt’s social contract: the role of civil society: Human Development Report 2008

    Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2008
    Around the world, governments are recognizing the vital role that civil society plays in the development process and increasingly, civil society, especially think tanks, is being invited to contribute to social policy formulation.
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    Global monitoring report 2008: MDGs and the environment: agenda for inclusive and sustainable development

    World Bank Research, 2008
    This report assesses progress and priorities in the development and environmental agenda to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It also addresses the interrelated challenges of development and environmental sustainability. Based on its assessment, the report sets out an integrated agenda for development that aims to be inclusive and sustainable.
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    Primer: human rights and the MDGs - making the link

    UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2007
    While the policies of aid agencies increasingly emphasise the connection between human rights and development, in practice the two concepts often remain on separate, parallel tracks. This primer provides a conceptual overview of the links between human rights and the MDGs and explores the key questions that practitioners face in this area.
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    "It is almost half time": will the SADC region achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the target date of 2015?

    Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007
    This paper summarises the proceedings of a policy dialogue on progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The dialogue brought together representatives of civil society, government and intergovernmental organisations from throughout the region.
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    At the heart of change: the role of communication in sustainable development

    Panos Institute, London, 2007
    We have passed the half-way point of the Millennium Development Goals, yet it is almost certain that many countries will fail to reach them. One of the reasons, the authors argue, is that policymakers are neglecting the central role of information, communication and the media for successful development.

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