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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 on Environmental Sustainability (2003)
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- Background Paper on Water and Sanitation (2003)
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- Background Paper on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers (2003)
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World Bank Group

- Environmental Sustainability -- Information Page
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Research & Publications

International Institute for Environment and Development

- The Millennium Development Goals and Local Processes: Hitting the Target or Missing the Point?
(November 2003)
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- Building on Hidden Opportunities to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals: Poverty Reduction through Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (2002)
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Oxfam International

- Hitting the Targets: Recommendations to the G8 for the Delivery of the Millennium Development Goals on Water and Sanitation (May 2003)
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United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) & World Health Organization (WHO)

- Meeting the MDG Drinking Water & Sanitation Targets: A Mid-Term Assessment of Progress
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United Nations Development Programme -- UNDP

- Country Reporting on MDG7: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability (2003)
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United Nations Environment Programme

- 23rd Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (February 2005)
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United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

- Guide to Monitoring Target 11: Improving the Lives of 100 Million Slum Dwellers
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United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

- Industrialization, Environment and the Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa (July 2004)
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United Nations Millennium Research Project

- Task Force on Environmental Sustainability and the MDGs (2004)
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- Interim Report Task Force 7 - Achieving the Millennium Development Goals for Water and Sanitation: What Will it Take? (2004) more

- Interim Report Task Force 8 - Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers (2004)
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Water Engineering Development Centre (WEDC)

- The Millennium Development Goals: What Water, Sanitation and Hygiene can Do (2004)
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Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) / United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) / International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

- "Community-driven development for water and sanitation in urban areas" and its contribution to meeting the Millennium Development Goal targets. (April 2005)
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World Bank Group

- Rising to the Challenges: Millennium Development Goals for Health (November 2004)
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World Bank Group (Environment Department)

- Poverty Reduction Strategies and the Millennium Development Goals on Environmental Sustainability (2003)
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- Meeting the Environment Millennium Development Goal in Europe and Central Asia (2003)
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- ICT and Ensuring Environmental Sustainability (2003)
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World Health Organization (WHO)

- Flagging Global Sanitation Targets Threatens Other Millennium Development Goals (2004)
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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