Outline of the Millennium Development Goals notable challenges
At the start of the century, all 189 United Nations Member States unanimously agreed to forge a commitment via the Millennium Declaration to assist the poorest to achieve better living standards by the...
View ArticleWhat is Development – A Definitive Guide
But how do you tell which change is good? The word ‘development’ is widely used to refer to a specified state of advancement or growth. It could also be used to describe a new and advanced idea or...
View ArticleMDG 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
Millennium development goal 8 has 6 targets that seek to develop global partnership for development, namely: To further develop an open, predictable, rule-based, non-discriminatory trading and economic...
View ArticleMDG 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
It is critical that the natural resources base and ecosystems are managed sustainably to ensure that people’s food requirements and other social, economic, and environmental needs are sufficiently met....
View ArticleMDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other major diseases
HIV, malaria, and other diseases directly and indirectly impact food and nutrition security, rural development, and agricultural productivity. At the same time, malnutrition and food and nutrition...
View ArticleMDG 5: Improve maternal health
Hunger and malnutrition were observed to increase the incidence and fatality rate of the conditions that contribute to nearly 80 percent of maternal deaths. In this regard, millennium development goal...
View ArticleMDG 4: Reduce child mortality
The Millennium Development Goal 4 has only one target: To reduce the under-five mortality rate by two-thirds in the period between 1990 and 2015 Undernutrition is estimated to contribute to more than...
View ArticleMDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
There was only one target under millennium development goal 3: To eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2005, and in all levels of education by 2015. It is important to...
View ArticleMDG 2: Achieve universal primary education
There is only one target for millennium development goal 2: To ensure that children universally – including both boys and girls – will be able to complete a full course of primary education by 2015....
View ArticleMDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Recent gains in millennium development goal 1 have seen the number of hungry people in the world decrease to fewer than 1 billion, though the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations...
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