MDGs
- Does aid work for the MDGs?
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In 2005, the G8 leaders promised to double aid to Africa and the UN World Summit to increase total ODA by around $50 bn. But will such increases in aid really help achieve the Millennium Development Goals? In this issue of Poverty in Focus, a collection of 12 essays discuss various features of the current international aid system critically and constructively, from a range of different perspectives. Together they offer an important contribution to ongoing debates on aid effectiveness and what changes in aid modalities and procedures are most likely to help achieve the MDGs.
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- Funding for women's organisations
- ( Development Assistance Committee, OECD , 2008)
- Funding support for women’s organisations and for non-governmental organisations working to achieve gender equality is an important element in many donors strategies. These organisations often h...
- More Official Development Assistance for Bangladesh
- ( M. Shamsuddoha;R. Karim Chowdhury / Equity & Justice Working Group , 2007)
- Considering various economic criteria, Official Development Assistance (ODA) trend, Millenium Development Goals (MDG) progress and country’s socio-political scenario, this paper argues that Bang...
- Egypt’s social contract: the role of civil society: Human Development Report 2008
- ( Human Development Report Office, UNDP , 2008)
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Around the world, governments are recognizing the vital role that civil society plays in the development process and increasingly, civil society, especially think tanks, is being invited to contrib...
- Credibility crunch: food, poverty, and climate change: an agenda for rich-country leaders
- ( M. Lawson / Oxfam , 2008)
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The year 2008 is halfway to the deadline for reaching the Millennium Development Goals. Despite some progress, this article argues that they will not be achieved if current trends continue. It is a...
- Food systems and the escape from poverty and illhealth traps in sub‐Saharan Africa
- ( C., B. Barrett / Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University , 2008)
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Millennium Development Goal number 1 is to halve extreme poverty ($1/day per person) and hunger. Progress toward this goal has been excellent at global level, led by China and India, but largely in...
- Global monitoring report 2008: MDGs and the environment: agenda for inclusive and sustainable development
- ( Z. Qureshi;P. Chuhan;M. Cropper / World Bank Research , 2008)
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This report assesses progress and priorities in the development and environmental agenda to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It also addresses the interrelated challenges of develop...
- Making progress on environmental sustainability: lessons and recommendations from a review of over 150 MDG country experiences
- ( United Nations Development Programme , 2006)
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This UNDP report summarises the findings from a review of 158 countries Millennium Development Goals Reports (MDGRs). Its aim is to determine how well countries are doing in monitoring an...
- The 2010 biodiversity target in EU development cooperation
- ( S. Jen;S. Nicholson / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature , 2008)
- The aim of this WWF paper is to provide a brief analysis of the progress made by the EU towards the 2010 Biodiversity Target in its external development co-operation policy with a focus Africa Caribbe...
- Institutions, impact synergies and food security: a methodology with results from the Kala Oya Basin, Sri Lanka
- ( R.,M. Saleth;A. Dinar;S. Neubert / International Water Management Institute , 2007)
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Governments and development agencies constantly plan, implement, and evaluate various development interventions, and there is an understandable concern over the actual impacts that these interventi...
- The challenge of hunger 2007: Global Hunger Index: facts, determinants and trends; measures being taken to reduce acute undernourishment and chronic hunger
- ( H. Dalzell;L. Kiess;T. Arnold;S. Collins / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2007)
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This document presents an index on key facts, determinants, and trends in relation to hunger and malnutrition. It also details countries and regions are on track in the fight against hunger, that i...
