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The
Millennium Development Goals (MDG) |
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(Source:
http://www.undp.org/mdg/Millennium%20Development%20Goals.pdf)
In May 1996, the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) adopted
the strategy "Shaping the 21st Century: The Contribution of
Development Cooperation": This initiative included the
definition of International Development Targets (IDTs) that would
lead to the fulfilment of international development goals, which had
emerged from several United Nations summits held during the 1990s.[1]
These International Development Targets correlate closely with the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) proclaimed in September 2000 at
the United Nations Millennium Summit. In 2001, the United Nations
Secretariat together with the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
OECD and the World Bank agreed on eight main
development goals, 18 sub-targets and 48 corresponding indicators in
order to measure the results of development cooperation.
The principle goal of the United Nations Millennium Declaration is
the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, which leads to the
definition of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs),
elaborated by donor agencies together with partner countries.
Medium-Term Expenditure Plans are being developed in order to
support the partner countries' budgets on a regular basis, if the
adopted initiatives by the partners' governments be linked to
development priorities by the respective donors. Part of the concept
of Poverty Reduction Strategies is their cross-sectoral and
"bottom-up" character. Implementation should take place as
decentralised as possible. An emphasis on these crosscutting
priorities - such as good governance, gender and environmental
concerns - is intended to strengthen the efforts to reach the
Millennium Development Goals and Targets.[2]
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Halve, between 1990 and 2015,
the proportion of people whose income is less than one
dollar a day. |
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Halve, between 1990 and 2015,
the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. |
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Ensure that, by 2015, children
everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a
full course of primary schooling. |
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Eliminate gender disparity in
primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and to
all
levels of education no later than 2015. |
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Reduce by two-thirds, between
1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate. |
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Reduce by three quarters,
between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio. |
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Have halted by 2015, and begun
to reverse, the spread of HIV/AIDS. |
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Have halted by 2015, and begun
to reverse, the incidence of malaria and other major
diseases. |
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Integrate the principles of
sustainable development into country policies and programmes
and reverse the loss of environmental resources. |
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Develop further an open,
rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and
financial system.
Includes a commitment to good governance, development, and
poverty reduction - both nationally and
Internationally. |
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Address the Special Needs of
the Least Developed Countries.
Includes: tariff and quota free access for LDC exports;
enhanced programme of debt relief for HIPC and
cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous
ODA for countries committed to poverty reduction. |
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Address the Special Needs of
landlocked countries and small island developing states
(through Barbados Programme and 22nd General Assembly
provisions). |
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Deal comprehensively with the
debt problems of developing countries through national and
international measures in order to make debt sustainable in
the long term. |
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In co-operation with
developing countries, develop and implement strategies for
decent and productive work for youth. |
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In co-operation with
pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable,
essential drugs in developing countries. |
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In co-operation with the
private sector, make available the benefits of new
technologies, especially information and communications. |
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