Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals

Organic Agriculture, Poverty Reduction, and the Millennium Development Goals

How to Monitor Poverty for the Millennium Development Goals

I consider two issues concerning how to monitor global poverty for the Millennium Development Goals, the selection of poverty lines, and the data sources for monitoring poverty over time. I discuss the choice of a single international line, converted using purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates, versus the use of country-specific poverty lines. I note the difficulties in constructing PPP ...

Millennium Development Goals: background.

To cite: Chopra M, Mason E. Arch Dis Child 2015;100(Suppl 1):s2–s4. INTRODUCTION The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) arose from one of the largest ever gathering of world leaders in New York in September 2000. Collectively, 189 countries adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which evolved into the MDG. These ambitious targets—ranging from halving extreme poverty and reducing mat...

From the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals.

1. Pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 2006/18, the Commission for Social Development has included the agenda item entitled “Emerging issues” in its programme of work since its 2007-2008 review and policy cycle. Under this agenda item, the Commission addresses current issues affecting social development that require urgent consideration or new cross-cutting issues in the context ...

From the Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals.

Since the first case was reported in 1981, the Indonesian government and civil society have implemented many initiatives to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. From an historical perspective, the country now has the means to rapidly diagnose cases of HIV infection and provide antiretroviral therapy. The concern expressed by international health agencies about a potential major HIV epidemic in the...