| The United Nation Report on progress
towards the MDGs was released on 3 July 2006. The report
presents the latest assessment on how far we have come, and
how far we have to go in reaching the goals, in each of the
world’s regions. With less than a decade left to meet the MDG
targets, the United Nations said that there were "staggering"
obstacles to succeeding and conditions in many poor countries
were actually worsening. The report found that while global
incidence of extreme poverty has declined, some 140 million
more people have entered that category in sub-Saharan Africa.
More people are also going hungry in the region, which has
seen only modest improvements in child mortality and maternity
rates in the past six years. The report noted some improvement
in access to primary education and other areas. |
Contributor: John
Daly ( Editor,
Advisor ) |
| Published Date: July 5, 2006 |
| Topics: Aid
Effectiveness, Capacity
Development for MDGs, Culture
and Development, E-Government,
Environment
and Development, Food
Security, Foreign
Direct Investment, Gender
and Development, HIV/AIDS,
ICT
for Development, Iraq:
Relief and Recovery, Knowledge
Economy, Microfinance,
Nanotechnology
for Development, Non-Governmental
Organizations, Open
Educational Resources, Population
and Reproductive Health, Poverty,
Trade
and Development, Water
Resources Management, Youth
for Development, Afghanistan
Reconstruction |
| Country: Multi-country
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