The Millennium Development Goals were created to progressively achieve 8 development targets by 2015. Although progress has been made in some areas, poverty and development continues to be a global challenge. Since 2010, the UN Secretary General initiated discussions on developing a post 2015 development agenda. The agenda follows the outcomes from the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 that highlights today’s development challenges. A UN System Task Team and High Level Panel have
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Maternal Health, and HIV/AIDS or other diseases The rate of decline in under-five mortality is still grossly insufficient to reach the MDG goal by 2015, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It is alarming that among 67 countries with high child mortality rates (40 per 1000 or more), only 10 countries are on track to meet Millennium Development Goals number four. Most of these children died from some diseases such as diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, meningitis, HIV/AIDS, tetanus, and measles
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responsibility is pervading the Bangladesh economy. Grameenphone is one of the pioneers in this field, and it has made some noteworthy contributions to the development of the nation. This report examines some of these efforts and initiatives, including Grameenphone’s commitment to assisting Bangladesh achieve four of the eight the Millennium Development Goals, which are: • Poverty alleviation • Healthcare • Empowerment • Education This report also looks at Grameenphone’s CSR efforts in the
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Globalizations June 2008, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 259 –274 Are Sustainable Coffee Certifications Enough to Secure Farmer Livelihoods? The Millenium Development Goals and Nicaragua’s Fair Trade Cooperatives ´ ´ CHRISTOPHER M. BACONÃ , V. ERNESTO MENDEZÃÃ , MARIA ´ EUGENIA FLORES GOMEZÃÃÃ , DOUGLAS STUARTÃÃÃÃ , & SANDRO ´ ´ RAUL DIAZ FLORESÃÃÃÃÃ Ã University of California, Santa Cruz, USA University of Vermont, USA ÃÃÃ ´ Asociacion de Mujeres Contra La Violencia, Oyanka, Jalapa, Nicaragua
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Millennium Health Goals INTRODUCTION Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) placed health at the center of development. This represents the dedication by governments globally to cut hunger, reduce poverty, solve poor health, and deal with the lack of education among others. Of the eight millennium development goals, three of these goals are directly related to health. Without significant commitments and dedication from rich and developing nations, these goals will never be met. This paper will
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The Millennium Development Goals: Where Bangladesh Stands? Six countries including Bangladesh received the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Awards for their significant achievements towards attaining the goal. Three of these countries are from Asia and three from Africa. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina receiving the UN MDG Award in New York’s Astoria Hotel on Sunday 19 September 2010 Bangladesh received the UN award for its remarkable achievements in attaining the Millennium Development Goals
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Sanitation and drinking-water are universally accepted as being essential for human life, dignity and human development (World Health Organization, 2012). Water is required for life to exist; it is the most basic of sustaining building blocks. Global access to clean (sanitary) and sustainable water supplies continues to be a challenge in an age of ever-increasing population and development. Despite the ongoing challenge, the scarcity of global water resources has only begun to be addressed by the
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Article Critique Human development is defined in many aspects. In terms of nature, human development is the processes of a human becoming biologically mature, it is also known as developmental psychology or humanity, as it relates to economics and standards of living. It may also be defined as an index, which is used to rank countries by level of human development. According to Human Development: Definitions, Critiques, and Related Concepts by Alkire (2010), the purpose of this research article
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equality, social justice and development. Governments of the Caribbean Community thus agreed to focus on women, the economy and poverty, reproductive health and the strengthening of institutional mechanisms. The Millennium Declaration of 2001 also commits member states to the promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women by 2015. It is recognized that gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The United Nations (UN)
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Millennium development goals and how Kenya has achieved it Millennium development goals are similar to vision 2030, how Kenya took it upon them to make some changes that would lead to development of the country. The development plan that was launched by President Kibaki on 10th June, 2008 was put in place to transform national development. The vision is a national plan to make Kenya as wealthy as the rising stars of the Far East like Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. It targets an annual growth rate
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