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Millennium Development Goals
UNESCO contributes fully to implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through its Medium-Term Strategy 2002-2007 (31 C/4 Approved).
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Book
 | Indicators for Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals - by Inter-Agency Working Group of the UN Development Group, led by UNFPA, UNDP and the UN Statistics Division, including important collaboration with the World Bank
This handbook provides guidance on the definitions, rationale, concepts and sources of data for each of the indicators that are used to monitor the MDG targets. It expands on an earlier exercise to provide the metadata for the socio-economic indicators that make up the UN Common Country Assessment Indicator Framework. More |
| The Millennium Development Goals in Africa: promises & progress - by
In 2001, Mr. Nelson Mandela asked, "Will the legacy of our generation be more than a series of broken promises?" This report attempts to answer that question by reviewing the progress made in Africa in achieving the set of development goals agreed at the United Nations Millennium Summit of September 2000. More |
| The United Nations and the MDGs: a core strategy - by
The adoption of the Millennium Declaration in 2000 by all 189 member states of the UN General Assembly was a defining moment for global cooperation in the 21st century. The Declaration sets out the key challenges facing humanity at the threshold of the new millennium, outlines a response to these challenges, and establishes concrete measures for judging performance through a set of inter-related commitments, goals and targets on development, governance, peace, security and human rights. More |
Documents
| The MDGs: an information note on selected initiatives - by UNDP/MDGs Unit
The Millennium Project has made a solid start, with its basic infrastructure in place and a first set of outputs delivered by mid-2003. The focus now is shifting to the primary research being commissioned in the build-up to the Interim Task Force Reports, due in December 2003; to the synthesis Interim Project Report, due in June 2004; and to connecting the intellectual efforts and expert networks of the Project to the policy advocacy and analytic work of UN Country Teams.More |
| The Millennium Challenge Account: A Policy Paper From InterAction - by Nancy A. Aossey and Mary E. McClymont, Chair of the Board President and CEO, InterAction
This paper offers a set of recommended guidelines for the design and implementation of the Millennium Challenge Account for overseas development, announced by President Bush in March 2002. The paper was developed through consultations with our membership. We hope it will serve as an important resource for policymakers as they craft this new initiative. Our InterAction community looks forward to an open and constructive ongoing dialogue with the Administration and the Congress on the Millennium Challenge Account in the months ahead.More |
Websites
| HLCP - UN sustem High Level Committee on Programmes
HLCP is engaged in a broad review of its own future role in the overall follow-up to the Millennium Declaration.
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| Millennium Development Goals and Human Development
As the 2003 Human Development Report (HDR) will feature MDGs, relevant resources were consolidated onto this helpful website. The site features HDRO statistics by country on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, HDR Office Working Papers on MDGs, a selected bibliography with an impressive collection of general and goal specific papers & reports, and links to an array web pages on MDGs.
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| OHCHR Web Page on Human Rights and the Millienium Development Goals
Achieving the objectives of the MDGs from a human rights perspective.
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| Paris21 (PARtnership In Statistics for development in the 21st century)
Established in November 1999 in response to the UN Economic and Social Council resolution on the goals of the UN Conference on Development, the PARIS21 Consortium was launched to act as a catalyst for promoting a culture of evidence-based policymaking and monitoring in all countries, and especially in developing countries.
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| UN ECOSOC Statistics Division Millennium Indicators site
This site provides country profiles of the indicators designated in the "Road Map" for international monitoring, to the extent data are available.
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| UNDG-DevLink site "Implementing the Millennium Declaration"
To navigate through, you must log-in. Excellent resource centre for all information on MDGs
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| UNDP "Building partnerships to achieve development goals" MDG site
Includes section on Goals and Indicators (with data table), Frequently Asked Questions, as well as background and explanation of the campaign for MDGs.
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| United Nations Millennium Project
Stay on top of the the latest news from the Millennium Project, the research arm of the UN MDG Strategy. The Millennium Project Website includes an explanation of the Project, outlining a time line and expected work of each Task Force; Frequently asked questions; and an explanation of MDGs and UN Strategy. The website will publish all reports emanating from the analytical work of the Task Forces (just now starting). A 'what's new' page is provided for those seeking routine updates.
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| World Bank Millennium Development Goals Website
A definitive look at the MDGs from the perspective of the World Bank.
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