February 02

Achieving The Millennium Development Goals. UNDP

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Beyond the midpoint: achieving the millennium development goals

UN Development Programme (UNDP) announced a new MDG-related report Beyond the midpoint: achieving the millennium development goals (full text, 1.8 MB). The report reviews "factors that shape MDG progress, along with the constraints and bottlenecks that have hampered MDG achievement in many countries. The findings build on MDG assessments in 30 countries that were undertaken for this review."                                                                                            UN Pulse Permanent Link: Beyond the midpoint: achieving the millennium development goals
October 22

State Of The World's Vaccines And Immunization.WHO

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the third edition of the State of the world's vaccines and immunization.

The first part of the report discusses:

  • impact of immunization on achieving the Millennium Development Goals
  • challenges in meeting the immunization-related global goals
  • development and use of vaccines
  • cost of scaling up immunization

 

The second part describes over 20 vaccine-preventable diseases and reviews progresses made since 2000 in protecting populations through the use of vaccines.

The full report is available in English. Executive summaries are available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

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October 07

MDG Report 2009

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The Millennium Development Report 2009 has been published. The (report ) summarizes progress towards the eight Millennium Development goals in each of the major geographic regions. More information on Millennium goals is available from the (MDG Website ).

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September 17

MDG Gap Task Force 2009 Report

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Created by the Secretary-General to improve the monitoring of the Millennium Development Goal 8 (MDG 8), the MDG Gap Task Force has just released its 2009 report entitled Strengthening the Global Partnership for Development in a Time of Crisis. The report is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.      
                                                              
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August 18

World Social Situation 2009. UN

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The overview of the report on the World Social Situation 2009 has been issued (A/64/158).The report notes that although considerable progress has been made in reducing levels of absolute poverty, overall, the world is not on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals of halving levels of extreme poverty by 2015. UN Pulse: Permanent Link: World Social Situation 2009
July 07

Millennium Development Goals Report 2009

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At the opening of the High-Level Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in Geneva, the Secretary-General launched the Millennium Development Goals Report 2009 (full-text, 7.94 MB). The report assesses the progress towards the MDGs and warns that, despite many successes, overall progress has been too slow for most of the targets to be met by 2015. It states that "although data are not yet available to reveal the full impact of the recent economic downturn, they point to areas where progress towards the eight goals has slowed or reversed." UN Pulse: Permanent Link: Millennium Development Goals Report 2009

April 30

MDGs: E-Learning Materials

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UN Millennium Development Goals e-learning materials
Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) have created some e-learning materials on the UN Millenium Development Goals. These can be found in the 'Guide to the MDGs' section, and include information on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) goals, targets and indicators; the ability to track progress through interactive maps and country profiles; and establishing the data source for any particular indicator. The site explains about the concepts, definitions, implementation and sources of data for the 48 official MDG indicators. The website also contains more information about ESDS, and the importance of the correct use of data. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.esds.ac.uk/international/elearning/unmdg/
April 29

Global Monitoring Report 2009: A Development Emergency

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The Global Monitoring Report 2009: A Development Emergency notes that the global financial crisis is imperiling attainment of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and creating an emergency for development. The report warns that, although the first goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015 from its 1990 level is still reachable based on current projections, risks abound. Download the report in full-text (pdf, 9MB), or by chapters from the website.

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February 12

5th Annual Web4Dev Conference, 11-13 February 2009. UNICEF

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The Fifth Annual United Nations’ Web4Dev conference is hosted by UNICEF from 11-13 February 2009. Created by the World Bank in 2003 the Web4Dev is a community that is focused on applying Internet related technologies towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Main themes of the 5th conference:

  • Improving access to information and establishing communities of practice
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Supporting the supply chain
  • Knowledge sharing workshops
    Related - History of Web4Dev.

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    • October 03

    International Recruitment Of Health Personnel. WHO

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    The World Health Organization (WHO) recently posted for comment a Draft code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel. The WHO announcement, reads, in part,

    "The numbers of migrating health workers have significantly increased in the past decades, and patterns of migration have become more complex and have involved more countries. Health worker migration from those countries that are already experiencing a crisis in their health workforce is further weakening already fragile health systems and presents a serious impediment to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals."

    Related documents are linked from the announcement.

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    October 03

    Global Campaign For Health MDGs Report

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    The Global Campaign for Health Millennium Development Goals has issued its first year report (full text, pdf, 485 KB). The Campaign was launched last year by several heads of state to provide flexible support to national and local leaders to help communities reach the health related Millennium Development Goals, 4, 5, and 6.

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    September 22

    Gapminder [Macromedia Flash Player, Pdf]

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    ... On the Gapminder website, visitors are reminded to mind a variety of gaps, whether they be in income inequality or quality of health care. This rather absorbing website was created as a non-profit venture to promote "sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information." The site makes use of Trendanalyzer software to offer visualizations related to questions that include "Which country has the best teeth in the world?" and "Who gets what: Farm subsidies". Visitors can find such information under the "Latest News" area, and they can also take advantage of the videos, "Gapcasts", and world charts offered here. The "Gapcasts" are quite good, and they cover carbon emissions, public services, and globalization. Also, if visitors have their own set of statistical indicators they can create their own unique Gapminder-like bubble graph on their website. It's a powerful tool, and one that might be important for other non-profits, think tanks, educators, and students. Scout Report
    [KMG]http://www.gapminder.org/
    September 05

    MDG Gap Task Force - Report 2008

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    The report (full-text, 1.59 MB) of the MDG Gap Task Force claims "that while there has been progress on several counts, important gaps remain in delivering on the global commitments in the areas of aid, trade, debt relief, and access to new technologies and affordable essential medicines."

    More about MDG Gap Task Force.

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    August 27

    MDGs In Arab Region

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    The Millennium Development Goals in the Arab Region in 2007: a youth lens has been published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA; full text, pdf, 3.49 MB). The report provides current trends and progress in attaining the MDGs in the Arab countries, with a special emphasis on the complexities and magnitude of issues facing young men and women, ages 15 - 24. UN Pulse Permanent Link: MDGs in Arab Region
    August 27

    Millennium Development Goals Website Re-Design

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    As part of this year's special focus on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the UN Department of Public Information has launched a redesigned web site for the UN MDGs. The new site, in all six official languages, also has a special web page for the up-coming High-level Event on MDGs, scheduled for 25 September. The new web site serves as a much-needed entry point for finding information about the Organization’s work on the universally agreed goals. It also offers the latest progress data on each of the Goals, as well as links to background documents, reports, statistical sites and an events calendar.

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    July 07

    MDG Africa Steering Group Recommendations

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    The MDG Africa Steering Group has launched its report of its 2008 Recommendations at the African Union summit meeting (full text, pdf, 2.32 MB or 1.35 MB). The steering group, composed of leaders of multilateral development organizations, aims to identify the practical steps needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals in Africa.UN Pulse Permanent Link: MDG Africa Steering Group Recommendations
    June 24

    Claiming The MDGs: A Human Rights Approach

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    Claiming the MDGs: a human rights approach
    A new publication by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Claiming the Millennium Development Goals: a human rights approach (full text, 57.7 MB) analyses whether there are similarities or conflicting issues between the human rights and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); it proposes a human rights-based approach to achieving the MDGs and applies human rights to individual millennium goals.
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    June 03

    Children And The Millennium Development Goals. UNICEF

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    Children and the Millennium Development Goals: Progress towards A World Fit for Children
    Children and the Millennium Development Goals is an adaptation of the Secretary-General’s report ‘Follow-up to the special session of the General Assembly on children’ (A/62/259), 15 August 2007, considered by the General Assembly at its 62nd session in September 2007. It contains updated data and presents information from 121 country and territory reports.

    May 29

    Trading Nature (PDF; 3 MB) WWF

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    Trading Nature (PDF; 3 MB)
    Source: World Wildlife Fund
    From press release:

    Well-managed wildlife trade has the potential to be even more of a key development tool for the world’s poor, finds a new report by the wildlife trade monitoring network, TRAFFIC, and WWF.

    Trading Nature: the contribution of wildlife trade management to sustainable livelihoods and the Millennium Development Goals shows that a key development advantage of wildlife trade is the opportunities it offers to the very poor and the level of involvement by local communities. But many of the benefits are threatened when illegal trade is allowed to flourish.

    Excluding the products of the commercial timber and fisheries industries, the wildlife products covered in the report include medicines, food, clothing, ornaments, furnishings, pets, ornamental plants, zoological and botanical display, research, manufacturing and construction materials. As well as contributing to the incomes of the poor, many also contribute directly to their housing, health and other needs.

    The report finds that well-managed, legal and sustainable trade can have a significant impact on all eight of the Millennium Development Goals, the globally agreed roadmap which lay out targets in development assistance and poverty reduction.

    April 30

    UN Economic And Social Commission For Asia And The Pacific (UNESCAP) Three New Publications.

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    The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) has posted three new publications to its website.

    April 30

    HIV/AIDS And The Millennium Development Goals

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    A new report by the Secretary-General on Declaration of Commitment and HIV/AIDS and Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: midway to the Millennium Development Goals has been released (A/62/780). The report reviews progress in implementing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (A/RES/S-26/2) and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (A/RES/60/262). The findings are based on reports of 147 Member States on national progress in response to HIV. The report represents the most comprehensive body of evidence ever assembled regarding the response to HIV in low-, middle- and high-income countries. Consult individual country progress reports through the UNAIDS website. UN Pulse Permanent Link: HIV/AIDS and the Millennium Development Goals

    April 11

    MDG Goals: Global Monitoring Report 2008

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    The fifth annual Global Monitoring Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been released. With the sub- title, Environment—Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development, the report stresses the link between environment and development and calls for urgent action on climate change. Released by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the report warns that developing countries stand to suffer the most from climate change and the degradation of natural resources. It further warns that most countries will fall short on achieving the eight goals of the MDGs by the due date of 2015.

    Download the full report (pdf) and read the report's spotlights on the environment by regions from the website. UN Pulse
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    November 04

    MDG Monitor

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    Description via UN Pulse:
    MDG Monitor, a new UN website has been launched. A tool for policymakers, development practitioners, journalists, and students, MDG Monitor aims to track in real time, efforts by countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The site includes interactive maps, country profiles, and news (RSS feed).

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    October 29

    International Year Of The Potato 2008 (The Potato And MDG)

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    International Year of the Potato 2008 The potato is the world's fourth largest food crop, and a valuable nutritional staple of the human diet. The Sixtieth Session of the UN General Assembly invited FAO to facilitate the implementation of the International Year of the Potato - IYP 2008.The resolution noted that the potato could play an important role in achieving internationally agreed development objectives, including the Millennium Development Goals. The main objective of the IYP is to promote the sustainable development of potato-based systems and the potato industry. This IYP website from FAO provides information about the potato, its global production and consumption, and nutritional value. There are factsheets covering topics such as potato biotechnology, potato economy, and biodiversity; an events calendar; and activities for schools. From Intute.ac.uk
    http://www.potato2008.org/en/index.html
    October 25

    MDGs: Progress In Asia And The Pacific 2007

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    MDGs: Progress in Asia and the Pacific 2007

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