Millennium development goals : why they matter /
Published by : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Physical details: 10 p. : ill. ; Year: 2004 Item type:
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Many development goals have been set by the United Nations since the first "development decade" of the 1960s. What is new about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? First, an unprecedented assembly of the world's heads of state-generated them when they met in September 2000. Second, the goals put human development? poverty and people and their lives? at the center of the global development agenda for the new millennium, a shift away from growth as the central objective of development. Third, MDGs are not just aspirations but provide a framework for accountability; they do not simply state ideals but go on to define concrete goals that can be monitored. Fourth, they address not only development outcomes but also inputs from rich countries, thus forming a compact that holds both rich and poor governments accountable for opening markets, giving more aid and debt relief, and transferring technology.
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