Millennium Development Goals
There are 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015.
These MDG’s form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanised unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.
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- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Ensure Environmental sustainability
- Develop a global partnership for development
Find out about the UK's policies and efforts in the area of development co-operation, and take a quick glance at the most recent statistics on where the UK's aid goes and how much it is giving.
Websites giving details on the Millennium Development Goals
- UN Youth site: cyberschoolbus.un.org/mdgs/
- Main UN site: www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
- Global Bank: www.developmentgoals.org/
- UK DFID: www.dfid.gov.uk/mdg/
