Difficulties in raising sufficient domestic and external resources to finance the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), along with the numerous drawbacks
This report presents innovative policies and progammes which countries have adopted to accelerate progress on the MDGs. The aim is to help document policy innovations for SDG implementation, but also keep
Denmark is interested in agriculture development of Bangladesh, as agriculture is the main instrument to reduce poverty and achieve millennium development goals, Danish ambassador Niels Seurein Munk
bangladesh, with lower rates of child mortality than noth Indian and Pakistan, is on tack to meet the UN Millennium Development Goal target of reducing by two thirds the mrotlity rate among children
<p>This paper introduces a methodology that measures the effort made by countries in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The methodology compares the rate of progress on MDG indicators in the period before and after the adoption of the MDGs. Correct for two biases ignored in previous methodologies: non-linearity in the rate of change, and effort appreciation.
EU wants to rally member states to support development plan that commits to poverty reduction through sustainable growth The European commission on Wednesday called for merging the fight against poverty
Representatives of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal Committee on Water and Sanitation are currently on a visit to India, to formulate policies and strategies to achieve the Millennium
About one-third of the world’s population — 2.4 billion people — will remain without access to improved sanitation in 2015, according to a joint WHO/Unicef report issued on Monday. The report — Progress on sanitation and drinking-water 2013 update, warns that at the current rate of progress, the 2015 millennium development goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of the 1990 population without sanitation will be missed by 8 per cent, or half a billion people.
India is on course to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) much before the agreed 2015 deadline, according to the Finance Secretary, Mr D.C. Gupta. The MDGs are a set of numerical and
<p>Food security is back in the headlines along with some hard-to-answer questions about how to achieve Millennium Development Goal. One of the solutions can be found in technology adapted for use on small farms in Africa. Gary Humphreys reports.<br /> </p>
After the Delta Twining project, the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) is going international again by joining hands with UN-Habitat in the project ''Water for Asian cities,'' under United Nations Human Settlement Programme. Speaking to Deccan Herald, MCC Commissioner Dr K N Vijayprakash said that the project is an initiative by United Nations, Millennium Development Goals which aims to give saf
This compendium is released on the target year of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). While there has been remarkable progress on the MDGs, such as halving the population in extreme poverty 5 years
Faced with disturbing hunger and malnourished levels, India is expected to miss the crucial UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG), particularly those related to reduction in poverty, hunger and infant
<p>Pit latrines are one of the most common human excreta disposal systems in low-income countries, and their use is on the rise as countries aim to meet the sanitation-related target of the Millennium
Most developing countries struggling to meet Millennium Development Goals by 2015; Report offers agenda for policies and actions by all partners in global campaign to reduce poverty. Poor people in
Climate change is one of the greatest global challenges in general, and to sustainable development and the UN Millennium Development Goals in particular. Catalyzing grassroots action by the tourism sector to combat this challenge is at the centre of World Tourism Day [WTD] 2008 Theme, Tourism: Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change. The official host country of WTD 2008 is Peru.
The international community will not meet the UN Millennium Development goals of halving the number of undernourished people in 2015 unless more is done to use less water while concurrently producing
According to the first edition of the Regional Overview of Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa (2015), Angola, Djibouti, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Mali and Sao Tome & Principe met both the relevant Millennium
The end of 2015 is the target date for the Millennium Development Goals. Governments across Asia and the Pacific have been striving to meet the Goals, particularly on reducing income poverty. Some subregions
This report provides a comprehensive overview of progress on Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7, Ensuring Environmental Sustainability, based on official indicators and data. Relying on statistical evidence,
