Millions of people's lives have improved due to concerted global, regional, national and local efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which serve as the foundation for the next ...

This annual report presents the most comprehensive global assessment of progress to date, based on data provided by a large number of international organizations within and outside the United Nations ...

Delegates at the on-going UN South-South conference have warned that many developing countries — including Kenya — may not achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) due to rising food insecurity, ...

There will be no fair world, no abolition of extreme poverty, as long as the calculus of corruption undermines education, health, trade and the environment. Dramatic reduction of corruption levels is ...

The Center for American Progress is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership ...

Nigeria has been challenged to pursue the Millennium Development Goals on education. Former UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown gave the challenge at the breakfast on MDG/Roll back Malaria which focused ...

Encouraging development has been on the agenda of the United Nations for decades. Pointing to the United Nations Charter, which expresses the determination to “promote social progress and better ...