Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals
Andrea Kroon
MEB1794
Development Economics
The Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals which were adopted by the United Nations in 2000. These goals are assigned specific targets to be achieved by the year 2015. All 189 member countries of the United Nations have agreed to try to achieve these goals in these 15 years. De Millennium Development Goals are derived from the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which is signed in September 2000 and commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. The Millennium Development Goals are the strongest statement yet of the international commitment to ending global poverty. They represent a partnership between the developing countries and the developed countries to create an environment, at the national and global levels alike, which is conductive to development and the elimination of poverty.
The 8 Millennium Development Goals are stated as follows:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
The Millennium Development Goals are interdependent and should be seen as a whole.
Each Millennium Development Goal has targets set for 2015 and indicators to monitor progress. There has been important progress across all goals, with some targets already having been met well ahead of the 2015 deadline. In the next section each Millennium Development Goal and its progress will be discussed in detail.
Millennium Development Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
The first Millennium Development Goal is to eradicate extreme poverty and
Andrea Kroon
MEB1794
Development Economics
The Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals which were adopted by the United Nations in 2000. These goals are assigned specific targets to be achieved by the year 2015. All 189 member countries of the United Nations have agreed to try to achieve these goals in these 15 years. De Millennium Development Goals are derived from the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which is signed in September 2000 and commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. The Millennium Development Goals are the strongest statement yet of the international commitment to ending global poverty. They represent a partnership between the developing countries and the developed countries to create an environment, at the national and global levels alike, which is conductive to development and the elimination of poverty.
The 8 Millennium Development Goals are stated as follows:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
The Millennium Development Goals are interdependent and should be seen as a whole.
Each Millennium Development Goal has targets set for 2015 and indicators to monitor progress. There has been important progress across all goals, with some targets already having been met well ahead of the 2015 deadline. In the next section each Millennium Development Goal and its progress will be discussed in detail.
Millennium Development Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
The first Millennium Development Goal is to eradicate extreme poverty and
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