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Goal 1
Eradicate Extreme
Poverty

Goal 3
Gender Equality
Empower Women

Introductory Material

United Nations Development Programme

- The Human Development Report 2003 - The Millennium Development Goals: A Compact Among Nations to End Human Poverty (2003)
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United Nations Millennium Research Project

- Background Paper - Halving Global Hunger by 2015
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World Bank Group

- The First UN Millennium Development Goal (2003)
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- Poverty Reduction -- Information Page
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Research & Publications

Asia Pacific Civil Society Forum

- The Millennium Development Goals and the Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Hunger (October 2003)
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Center for Global Development

- From Promise to Performance: How Rich Countries Can Help Poor Countries Help Themselves (2003)
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Chronic Poverty Research Centre

- Chronic Poverty Report 2004-2005
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Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO)

- The State of Food Insecurity in the World: Monitoring Progress Towards World Food Summit and the Millennium Development Goals (December 2004)
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- The State of Food Insecurity in the World (2003)
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International Fund for Agricultural Development

- Achieving the MDGs by Enabling the Rural Poor to Overcome their Poverty (2003)
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International Labour Organization -- ILO

- World Employment Report 2004-2005
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NetAid

- Microfinance: Empowering the Poor (2004)
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United Nations Development Programme

- The MDGs and pro-poor policies: can external partners make a difference? (2004)
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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

- Promoting the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific: Meeting the Challenges of Poverty Reduction (2004)
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- Costing Millennium Development Goals: a Study in Methodology with Special Focus on the Target for Income Poverty (October 2003)
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United Nations Millennium Project

- Halving Global Hunger by 2015: A Framework for Action (2004)
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- An Enhanced Strategy for Reducing Poverty by 2015 (2004)
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Overseas Development Institute

- Food Security and the Millennium Development Goal on Hunger in Asia (2003)
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World Bank Group

- Information and Communications Technologies and the Eradication of Hunger (2003)
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- The Role and Effectiveness of Development Assistance (March 2002)
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- Can the World Cut Poverty in Half? How Policy Reform and Effective Aid Can Meet the Millennium Development Goals (2001)
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Other links

For more research material on the Millennium Development Goals, please visit the following links:

• Civil Society Organizations
• International Organizations & Academia
• Country-Regional Studies
• Millennium Research Project

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Targets & Indicators

Question & Answers

Selected Background Legislation & Reports

NGLS Publications on the MDGs

For research material on other Goals, please see the sidebar located on page