Reaching the Millennium Development Goals

In light of the U.N. Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, Nonresident Senior Fellow Raj Desai gives reasons why many countries have been slow to make progress toward the 2015 targets. He states that the recent food and global economic crises have had an impact; and given these events, he does not see donor countries increasing their commitments within the next five years.

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• Uneven Progress Toward MDGs
• Recent Crises Slow MDG Progress
• Donors Unlikely to Increase MDG Commitments