New U.S. Strategy for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals
The Obama administration recently released the U.S. Strategy for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals, a 28-page document that emphasizes innovation, sustainability, and accountability. After a...
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Both the Senate and the House Appropriation Committees have recently approved a cut in the FY2011 foreign aid budget, despite pleas from many, including Secretary Clinton. The amounts approved are...
View ArticleUniversal Literacy as a Catalyst for Achieving All MDG Goals Part 1 of 2: The...
Submitted by Linda Martin On September 8, the world focused its eyes on education, in honor of International Literacy Day 2010. Yet as millions celebrated, results from the Millennium Development...
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The Millennium Development Goals Summit Has Arrived- News & Views from around...
The UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals kicked off in New York today, and will continue through Wednesday, Sept 22nd. World leaders are gathering to discuss the progress made and work to...
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Obama Announces New U.S. Global Development Policy
On the final day of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Summit yesterday, President Obama announced a new U.S. Global Development Policy. The global development community has been waiting for this...
View ArticleUniversal Literacy as a Catalyst for Achieving All MDG Goals Part 2 of 2:...
Submitted by Linda Martin Social and economic factors that restrict or deny access to education include gender bias, lack of schools, lack of trained teachers, demands on children’s time to work,...
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Investing in Women and Girls – Access to Rights and Resources
Submitted by By Yvette Gerrans Just after lunch, and 100+ women and a minority of men drift in with expectation. We’re wanting to talk about investing in women and girls—why it’s needed, why it works,...
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Gauge Country-Level MDG Progress with a New Online Interactive Tool
The Center for Global Development recently released a new online interactive map tool to gauge progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the country level. Through this tool, the...
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Targeting Success In The Post-2015 Development Agenda
Arguably, there is no other continent on the planet that has more at stake in the post-2015 development agenda discussions than Africa. Africa is largely seen as having made the least progress toward...
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Ending Preventable Stillbirths – The Next Frontier in Maternal Infant Child...
As a lucky mother of three beautiful kids, I can tell you that there are few joys that compare with the birth of a baby. Across the globe, bringing new life into the world is celebrated; parents wait...
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