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Millennium Development Goals
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| The MDGs |
World leaders agreed on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) at Millennium Summit in 2000. These goals reflect the most important issues to be addressed in order to speed-up development, achieve sustainable livelihoods and ensure a better standard of living in the developing world. The key goals and targets have been summarized in the Millennium Declaration (September 2000). Based on the declaration, UNDP has worked with other UN departments, funds and programmes, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on a concise set of goals, numerical targets and quantifiable indicators to assess progress. The new set is known as the 'Millennium Development Goals', which includes 8 goals, 18 targets and over 40 indicators.
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