Tag: Millennium Development Goals
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The eight commandments: Millennium Development Goals
The Economist: The eight commandments: Millennium Development Goals In 1990 more than one person in four lacked access to safe water, according to the United Nations. By 2015 that scandal will be only half as large—if the world's leaders keep the grand promises they made at the UN's New York headquarters in September 2000. The…
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Number of desperately poor in Africa has ‘levelled off’ – UN
IRIN: Number of desperately poor in Africa has ‘levelled off’ – UN NAIROBI, 2 July 2007 (IRIN) – The 2007 report on progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is pessimistic on Africa’s chances of achieving the targets overall, but notes that the number of extreme poor has increased only marginally – from 296…