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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 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), committed to by all 191 United Nations member states, are rooted in the concept of sustainable development. Although 2007 (midway) reports indicated that ...

There will be no fair world, no abolition of extreme poverty, as long as the calculus of corruption undermines education, health, trade and the environment. Dramatic reduction of corruption levels is ...

Becoming a mother in sub-Saharan Africa is more dangerous than climbing Mount Everest. In Chad, the odds of dying during pregnancy or childbirth are one in 15; in Sierra Leone, one in 21. Around the ...

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As the deadline for the millennium development goals approaches, experts take stock of the successes, failures, and oversights, and look ahead to the next phase -- the sustainable development goals.

Reporting from Washington — After a decade of dramatic global health and economic advances, world leaders are set to adopt a sweeping agenda to eradicate extreme poverty and child mortality and spur ...

Erica Penfold receives funding from the Economic Sciences Research Council. She is affiliated with the South African Institute for International Affairs. The next chapter of the global development ...