'Fish productivity key to poverty alleviation'
The demand for fish is on the rise, but the availability is on the decline.Concerted efforts should be made to improve fish productivity, as it would help achieve the millennium development goal of
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Determinants of child health: an empirical analysis
Infant and child mortality rates in India have fallen by almost half from the time of adoption of millennium development goals to 2012 but there has not been a concurrent decrease in morbidity and under-nutrition
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MDGs to Agenda 2063/SDGs Transition Report 2016: towards an integrated and coherent approach to sustainable development in Africa
This publication is the last in a series of MDG reports. It takes stock of Africa’s performance during the 15 year development campaign and reflects on the challenges and opportunities associated with
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Delivering the Millennium Development Goals to reduce maternal and child mortality: a systematic review of impact evaluation evidence
Improved outcomes for women and children - more education, lower fertility rates, higher nutritional status, and lower incidence of illness, among other outcomes - have broad individual, family, and societal
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Towards achieving Millennium Development Goals India 2013
This pamphlet titled `Towards achieving Millennium Development Goals India 2013’ has been brought out as a sequel to this Ministry’s `Millennium Development Goals India country report 2011’. It exhibits
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India raps UN report on CO2 emissions
India today lodged a strong protest with the UN for including absolute cuts in CO2 emissions and reduction in the use of ozone depleting substances among the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in a new
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Levels and trends in child mortality report 2015
Child mortality rates have plummeted to less than half of what they were in 1990, according to a new report released. Under-five deaths have dropped from 12.7 million per year in 1990 to 5.9 million in
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Global, regional, and national levels and trends in under-5 mortality between 1990 and 2015, with scenario-based projections to 2030: a systematic analysis by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation
<p>In 2000, world leaders agreed on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). MDG 4 called for a two-thirds reduction in the under-5 mortality rate between 1990 and 2015. We aimed to estimate levels and
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Population and poverty
AS the international community strives to focus development efforts more effectively to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for eradicating poverty and improving people's well-being, the
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Food and nutrition security in transforming Ghana: a descriptive analysis of national trends and regional patterns
In recent decades, Ghana has experienced high economic growth and transformation, which contributed to the nation achieving the Millennium Development Goal targets on reducing extreme poverty and hunger.
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Progress towards Millennium Development Goal 1 in Latin America and the Caribbean: the importance of the choice of indicator for undernutrition
To assess the effect of using stunting versus underweight as the indicator of child undernutrition for determining whether countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are on track to meet the component of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 pertaining to the eradication of hunger, namely to reduce undernutrition by half between 1990 and 2015.
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NAMA on circular economy solid waste management approach for urban areas in Kenya
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Kenya and UNDP Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme have issued the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) on Circular Economy Solid
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Child malnutrition still a cause of concern in Vellore district: UNICEF
The Centre has identified Vellore as one of the high priority districts for taking action to achieve the millennium development goals (MDG) by 2015, according to Satheesh Kumar, Chief Officer, United Nations
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Prospects for achieving and maintaining universal drinking water services in South Asia and sub‐Saharan Africa
The article presents evidence and best practice examples to inform water investments and policy, improve water services and contribute to the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on water access.
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Poverty, changing political regimes, and social cash transfers in Zimbabwe, 1980–2016
Since 2000, Zimbabwe has been under some pressure to provide more fully for its children. It is not clear whether child poverty has worsened, although AIDS, drought, and economic mismanagement have all
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Asia-Pacific regional MDGs report 2012/13
This report assesses progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Asia and the Pacific, and identifies actions, challenges, and priorities beyond the MDGs 2015 target year.Asia and
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Progress for children: beyond averages- learning from the MDGs
This eleventh edition of Progress for Children is UNICEF’s final report on the child-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It presents latest data that show while the MDGs helped drive tremendous
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The millennium development goals: where does Bangladesh stand?
The deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is 2015--only 4 years ahead. Although much progress has been made, much more has yet to be made. The same is true also for Bangladesh.
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Environment, climate change and development
<p>The Author in her article has given a round up of inter-relationships between Environment, Climate Change and Growth vis-a-vis development. Sustainable development issues, including the Millennium Development Goals set by the UN for the developing countries have been highlighted.</p>
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Performance under ICDS, 29/07/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Performance under ICDS, 29/07/2016. The Development Agenda for 2016-2030 of United Nations, articulating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), was adopted and signed