The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015 income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter�while promoting gender equality, education, health and environmental sustainability. These bold goals can be met in all parts of the world if nations follow through on their commitments to work together to meet them. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals offers the prospect of a more secure, just, and prosperous world for all. The UN Millennium Project was commissioned by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to develop a practical plan of action to meet the Millennium Development Goals. As an independent advisory body directed by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, the UN Millennium Project submitted its recommendations to the UN Secretary General in January 2005. � The core of the UN Millennium Project's work has been carried out by 10 thematic Task Forces comprising more than 250 experts from around the world, including scientists, development practitioners, parliamentarians, policymakers, and representatives from civil society, UN agencies, the World Bank, the IMF, and the private sector. Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. By outlining practical strategies and approaches to financing the,, the report presents an operational framework that will allow even the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
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Jeffrey D. Sachs is Project Director of the UN Millennium Project and its Task Forces, which comprise more than 250 experts from around the world, including scientists, development practitioners, parliamentarians, policymakers, and representatives from civil society, UN agencies, the World Bank, the IMF, and the private sector.
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Millennium Development Goals, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South Asia, North Africa, Central Asia, Least Developed Countries, Country Team, Green Revolution, Southeast Asia, Monterrey Consensus, Quick Wins, United Nations, Millennium Declaration, Sierra Leone, Joint Learning Initiative, South Africa, United States, Viet Nam, Bretton Woods, Central America, Development Group, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Global Compact New!
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Millennium Development Goals, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South Asia, North Africa, Central Asia, Least Developed Countries, Country Team, Green Revolution, Southeast Asia, Monterrey Consensus, Quick Wins, United Nations, Millennium Declaration, Sierra Leone, Joint Learning Initiative, South Africa, United States, Viet Nam, Bretton Woods, Central America, Development Group, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Global Compact New!
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