Millennium Development Goals - The eight commandments

In 2000 the world set itself goals to cut poverty, disease and illiteracy. It will take more than aid to meet them

The world is making unprecedented progress against poverty. Thanks to miraculous growth in China and India, the first MDG target should be met. Almost 32% of people in the developing world lived on less than a dollar a day in 1990. In 2004 that figure was 19.2%. It should fall below 16% by 2015 (see chart 2). Full Story »

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Oliver Jones
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by Oliver Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

Generally good article. Comparing 1990 to 2015 in the charts is a little obfuscatory though, because the time-frame for the MDGs is supposedly 2000 - 2015 --- with the present time being the half-way point.

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