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To
measure progress towards the Millennium Development Goals,
a framework of 18 targets and 48 indicators was set up by
a consensus of experts from the United Nations Secretariat,
the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization
of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World
Bank. The following is a detailed list of the targets and
indicators supported by research material for each of the
Goals:
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Goal
1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger |
Target
1 - Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportions
of people whose income is less than $1 a day.
Target
2 - Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportions
of people who suffer from hunger.
For
research material on Goal 1, please click here
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Goal
2: Achieve universal primary education
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Target
3 - Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere,
boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course
of primary schooling.
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research material on Goal 2, please click here
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Goal
3: Promote gender equality and empower women |
Target
4 - Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary
education, preferable by 2005 and in all levels of education
no later than 2015.
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research material on Goal 3, please click here
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Goal
4: Reduce child mortality |
Target
5 - Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015,
the under-five mortality rate.
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research material on Goal 4, please click here
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Goal
5: Improve maternal health |
Target
6 - Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and
2015, the maternal mortality ratio.
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research material on Goal 5, please click here
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Goal
6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases |
Target
7 - Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the
spread of HIV/AIDS.
Target
8 - Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the
incidence of malaria and other major diseases.
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research material on Goal 6, please click here
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Goal
7: Ensure environmental sustainability |
Target
9 - Integrate the principles of sustainable development
into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss
of environmental resources.
Target
10 - Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without
sustainable access to safe drinking water.
Target
11 - Have achieved by 2020 a significant improvement
in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.
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research material on Goal 7, please click here
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Goal
8: Develop a global partnership for development |
Target
12 - Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable,
non-discriminatory trading and financial system. This includes
a commitment to good governance, development and poverty
reduction - both nationally and internationally.
Target
13 - Address the special needs of the least developed
countries, which includes tariff- and quota- free access
for exports, enhanced programme of debt relief for and cancellation
of official bilateral debt, and more generous official development
assistance (ODA) for countries committed to poverty reduction.
Target
14 - Address the special needs of land-locked countries
and small island developing states through the Programme
of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island
Developing States and 22nd General Assembly provisions.
Target
15 - Deal comprehensively with the debt problems
of developing countries through national and international
measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term.
Target
16 - In cooperation with developing countries,
develop and implement strategies for decent and productive
work for youth.
Target
17 - In cooperation with pharmaceutical
companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs
in developing countries.
Target
18 - In cooperation with the private sector, make
available the benefits of new technologies, especially information
and communications technologies.
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research material on Goal 8, please click here
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