Humanitarian Action and Development / Op-Ed/Article
Millennium Goals: a step forward or backward for development?
10/01/2006 By Paula San Pedro
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the product of commitments made in previous international Summits and Conferences which have been formally collected in the Millennium Declaration signed by 189 countries.
This conglomeration is materialised in eight great goals, divided into 18 objectives and accompanied by 48 indicators that allow following up their attainment. As they are conceived, the Millennium Goals are specific objectives to reduce poverty, the most comprehensive and widely accepted ones.
However, although MDGs have been a landmark in the history of development, they have not been accepted in the same way in every sphere and, once the initial elation is over, the potential underlying risks of these goals are being analysed and it is even being considered if the Goals are a true step forward or backward for world development.
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Bio author: Paula San Pedro
BA in Economic Science by the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid and MA in Cooperation and Project Management by the Ortega and Gasset Foundation. She is currently doing her PhD in International Economy at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.
