Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

From HFA-PEDIA

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2000-2015 are the most widely supported comprehensive and focused poverty reduction targets that the world has established.

Eight goals were signed up to by 191 nations in 2000. They now include 18 targets and 48 indicators for progress. Halving poverty by 2015 is a major MDG and Poverty Reduction Strategies supported and funded by World Bank and National Governments are critical instruments in attaining this goal.

Goals:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger;

2. Achieve universal primary education;

3. Promote gender equality and empower women;

4. Reduce child mortality;

5. Improve maternal health;

6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases;

7. Ensure environmental sustainability;

8. Develop a global partnership for development.