With just 500 days left before the Millennium Development Goals expire, it is important to acknowledge all that they have spurred the world to achieve. This column is part of the MDG 500 milestone ...

The World Health Organization reports the world is less poor and healthier now than it was 15 years ago when the United Nations launched the Millennium Development Goals. The Millennium ...

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were developed as a roadmap for the implementation of the Millennium Declaration. Based on the values and principles agreed upon by Member States in the ...

Today’s post explores debates over the Millennium Development Goals, their track record, and their future. With 2015 rapidly approaching, governments, NGOs, and multilateral organizations are ...

A poster for the United Nations' campaign on the Millennium Development Goals. There are only two years to go until the deadline for the goals. Photo by: United Nations The Millennium Development ...

AS the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) draws near, the state of delivery regarding these development targets has become a matter of renewed and intense debate. Both national ...

In many parts of the world, especially in the poorest countries, the MDGs helped accelerate progress to improve the lives of millions. Their importance has been paramount for development.

A great deal of noise is currently being generated about development issues, piggy-backing on the 10th anniversary of the Millennium Declaration and targeting the Millennium Development Goals ...

With a target date of December 31, 2015, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provided a clear path for progress and a platform for immediate action. Last week, on August 18, we reached a miles ...

With just ten years to go before reaching the international community’s self-imposed deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—a set of eight objectives incorporating targets for ...

For more than a decade, the Millennium Development Goals -- a set of time-bound targets agreed on by heads of state in 2000 -- have unified, galvanized, and expanded efforts to help the world's ...

The Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, set an ambitious agenda to cut extreme poverty while also pursuing improved access to education, health services, and safe drinking water. One thousand ...