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Equity, Health & Human Development [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)
Millennium Development Goals at Midpoint: Where
do we stand and where do we need to go?
François Bourguignon, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Stefan Dercon, Antonio
Estache, Jan Willem Gunning, Ravi Kanbur, Stephan Klasen, Simon Maxwell,
Jean-Philippe Platteau, Amedeo Spadaro
Paris School of Economics; CEPII and University of Paris Ouest;
Oxford University; ECARES (Free University of Brussels); Free University of
Amsterdam; Cornell University, USA; University of Göttingen; Overseas
Development Institute, London; University of Namur; Paris School of Economics
and University of Balearic Island
Paper written in the framework of the joint initiative "Mobilising
European Research for Development Policies" for the European Commission (DG
Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and
The paper was funded by the Department for
International Development (DFID),
Available online PDF
[39p.] at: http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/mdg_paper_final_20080916_en.pdf
“……To elaborate this diagnostic, we focus on some very basic
questions:
• How
much has been achieved?
• What
worked?
• What
did not work well enough and why?
• What
should be done to accelerate progress where needed?
• What
could
The paper is structured
as follows: The next section (2) is devoted to a quick review of the evidence
available on progress towards the MDGs at global, regional and national levels.
Section 3 introduces our conceptual framework, a ‘tripod’ that
leads us to focus on the global economy, on domestic policy in developing
countries and on aid. Section 4 focuses on the international environment, as
well as on policies in developed countries that may affect developing countries
through international markets. Section 5 deals with the financing of
development and the MDGs through ODA. Section 6 considers the role of domestic
policies. Section 7 examines the road ahead, drawing the lessons learned so far
on MDGs, as an instrument to promote, plan and implement development. The last
section sets out our recommendations in more detail….”
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Where do we stand on the MDGs?
2.1 Stylized facts on overall MDG progress
2.2 Country heterogeneity in MDG performance
2.3 Heterogeneity across MDGs
3. A framework for assessing MDG achievements
4. MDGs and the global economy
4.1 Recent relative growth performance of developing countries
4.2 North-South financial flows and migration
5. MDGs and official development assistance
5.1 Volume, structure and impact of aid: A brief factual review
5.2 How to improve aid effectiveness to reach the MDGs
6. MDGs and policies in developing countries
6.1 Cross-cutting national policy issues
6.2 MDGs specific national policies
7. ‘MDG plus’: The road ahead
7.1 Conceptual foundations of the MDG process
7.2 Is there a case for broadening MDGs for a better monitoring of
development?
7.3 Towards a forward-looking integrated view at MDGs and
development
8. Conclusions
References
After 2015:Rethinking Pro-Poor Policy
IDS IN FOCUS POLICY BRIEFING ISSUE 09 -JUNE 2009
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/43/13/43148514.pdf
As we enter an era characterised by global uncertainties such
as climate change and the global economic crisis, what has been the impact of
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) model and how can we accelerate
progress on poverty reduction through such turbulent times?
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