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Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals. By: AG S. Fiel. What is millennium development goals?. What is millennium development goals?.

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Millennium Development Goals

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  1. Millennium Development Goals By: AG S. Fiel

  2. What is millennium development goals?

  3. What is millennium development goals?

  4. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that all 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015.

  5. Millennium development goals

  6. Each of the goals has specific stated targets and dates for achieving those targets.

  7. To accelerate progress, the G8 Finance Ministers agreed in June 2005 to provide enough funds to the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the African Development Bank (ADB) to cancel an additional $40–55 billion debt owed by members of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC)

  8. to allow impoverished countries to re-channel the resources saved from the forgiven debt to social programs for improving health and education and for alleviating poverty.

  9. Goals: The MDGs were developed out of the eight chapters of the Millennium Declaration, signed in September 2000. There are eight goals with 21 targets, and a series of measurable indicators for each target.

  10. Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

  11. Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education

  12. Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

  13. Goal 4: Reduce child mortality rates

  14. Goal 5: Improve maternal health

  15. Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases

  16. Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

  17. Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

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