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Universal Energy Access: Linking the MDGs to Global Climate Negotiations
The UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals will assess the progress made—and what further action is needed—by the international community to reach targets by 2015. But another area of critical...
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The U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals
On September 20-22, world leaders will convene in New York for a United Nations summit to evaluate the progress of the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In advance of the U.N. Summit,...
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Rewriting the Education Millennium Development Goal
The international community has scored a major success in Africa by supporting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of universal primary education. Gross primary-school enrollment rates rose from 79...
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Equitable Learning is the True Intent of the Education MDGs
This week, leaders from around the world will gather in New York to participate in the U.N. Summit on the Millennium Development Goals to take stock of progress made over the past decade and...
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Achieving Universal Primary Education and Reducing Hunger Through School...
Ensuring that all boys and girls complete primary schooling is the target of the second Millennium Development Goal (MDG)—achieving universal primary education. To date, the developing world has made...
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@ Brookings Podcast: Assessing the Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals were set in 2000 to address the needs of the poorest of the poor internationally, from ending poverty to improving child and maternal health. In this week’s @...
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Set to Lead Again? New U.S. Engagement on Global Development
The Obama administration’s foreign policy began with a mission to refashion America’s international image and influence. Last week, alongside a speech to the U.N. Summit on the Millennium Development...
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Are Global Leaders Leading? Outcomes from the September Summits at the U.N.
Event Information September 30, 20103:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDTFalk AuditoriumThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC Register for the EventDays after world leaders wrapped up the...
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Global Poverty's New Reality: There's a Lot Less of It
The World Economic Forum convening this week in Davos, Switzerland, is organized around the theme of "Shared Norms for the New Reality." As in past years, the conference will feature plenty of debate...
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With Little Notice, Globalization Reduced Poverty
It is customary to bemoan the intractability of global poverty and the lack of progress against the Millennium Development Goals. But the stunning fact is that, gone unnoticed, the goal to halve...
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At a Crossroads in Copenhagen: The Future of Financing for Global Education
Not all international gatherings get the attention they deserve. Next week, governments from around the world will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark to decide on aid levels for the Global Partnership on...
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The Contradictions in Global Poverty Numbers
The World Bank has just issued its latest estimates of global poverty. In 2008, 1.29 billion people lived on less than $1.25 a day (the bank’s global poverty line) while 2.47 billion people lived on...
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Getting to Zero: Finishing the Job the MDGs Started
Introduction The coming three years through 2015 will amount to a crossroads on the path of long-term global cooperation. The challenges will stretch far beyond the unpredictable but urgent daily...
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What Should Sustainable Development Goals Look Like?
Event Information May 2, 20122:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDTSaul/Zilkha RoomsThe Brookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20036 Register for the EventThe Millennium Development Goals...
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Asia Is Crucial to Ending Poverty
Amid the economic distress emanating from the United States and Europe, no statistic better captures the broader dynamics of the world economy than the recent World Bank announcement that the first...
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A Pathway for Education to 2015 and Beyond
Despite more children enrolling in school around the world than ever before, education development progress has been uneven and millions of children and youth still do not have access to good quality...
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It’s Time for a Development Wake-up Call: Sad News for Global Education and...
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics and the Global Monitoring Report recently released new numbers for out of school children. According to the data, 61 million children of primary school age were not...
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The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation
INTRODUCTION These are important times for how the world manages the annual flow of around $200 billion in development cooperation assistance to developing countries. A number of changes in global...
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Canada's Aid Failure is One of Politics and Punditry
Pundits are not policymakers and they should not be held to the same standard of public responsibility. But opinion leaders do need to take responsibility for their role in shaping public debate and,...
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Scaling Up in Agriculture, Rural Development, and Nutrition
Editor's Note: The "Scaling up in Agriculture, Rural Development and Nutrition" publication is a series of 20 briefs published by the International Food Policy Research Institute. To read the full...
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