Millennium Development Goals - The eight commandments - reviewed by Bob Vermeers

Millennium Development Goals - The eight commandments

Economist | Jul. 5, 2007 (Special Report)

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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by Bob Vermeers - Oct. 1, 2008

After reading Jeffrey Sach's "The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Times" an article like this suplements Mr. Sach's perspective. I can say with an element of certainty that this article does a good job of presenting an overview of the problem. It does fall short of providing the hope that is for people who can pressure their government to provide what they have committed for helping poor countries succeed.