Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
The year 2008 should mark a turning point in progress towards the MDGs. ... Together, we must make this year one of unprecedented progress for the poorest of the poor, so that we can realize a better, more prosperous future for all. —UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 1 April 2008
(remarks to the General Assembly)
... a refreshing and honest assessment of the challenges that lie ahead in meeting all of the MDG goals particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors highlight the need to redouble international efforts so that the global war on poverty is not lost. —Fantu Cheru, Research Director, The Nordic Africa Institute
This book is a timely reminder that good governance and additional development finance are the necessary starting point for a reinvigorated and updated focus on achievement of the MDGs. The findings suggest that the world’s poorest—that rapidly growing segment continually moving in and out of already overflowing slum communities and low income settlements—should now become the principal beneficiaries of international aid. In ensuring a fairer and more equitable distribution of progress, there seems to be support for the international community to now deliver on the MDG sanitation target, as this will reduce child and maternal mortality rates, and have other positive spillover effects on health and well being and other MDGs in support of our common future. —David Tipping, Senior Research Associate, UCLA Globalization Research Centre for Africa
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Series:
- Studies in Development Economics and Policy
- Title:
- Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
- Authors:
- Edited by Mark McGillivray
- Publication date:
- October 2008
- ISBN 13 Print:
- 9780230217232
- Copyright holder:
- © UNU-WIDER
- Copyright year:
- 2008
- Keywords:
- poverty, hunger, universal primary education, gender equality, reducing child mortality, maternal health, HIV/AIDS, environmental sustainability, global partnership for development
- JEL:
- F53, O19
- Project:
- Millennium Development Goals: Assessing and Forecasting Progress
- Format:
- hardback book
- Achieving the MDGs is a great endeavour of the global society. I am glad to read and recommend highly this excellent book edited by Mark McGillivray with UNU-WIDER. Actual and projected progress toward achievement of the MDGs are addressed not only on … generic issues; three chapters of the book focus specifically on India, due to its high share of population of world poverty, better data available in analysis, and the need to meet the void of literature in country or region specific analysis. This book also makes an excellent analysis of the role that aid can play in achieving the MDGs. This readable book is recommended not only to those involved in designing and implementing strategies and policies for the MDGs, but is also useful for development professionals in general. I do believe that this book contributes greatly to the achievement of the MDGs: the milestone of development for mankind. —Li Shantong, Director General, Research Department of Development Strategy and Regional Economy, Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council, People's Republic of China