MDG Links

Millenium Declaration and the MDG's

United Nations Millennium Declaration: Resolution adopted by the General Assembly 55/2 UN, September 2000;

The Millenium Development Goals and the United Nations Role: United Nations Fact Sheet;

Road Map Towards the Implementation of the United Nations Millenium Declaration: Report of the Secretary-General, 6 September 2001;

MDGs – 10 Frequently Asked Questions: by Jan Vandemoortele (UNDP/NY), February 2002;

We the Peoples – A Call to Action for the UN Millennium Declaration: World Federation of United Nations Association (WFUNA);

The UN and the MDGs: A Core Strategy: (UNDG), 7 June 2002;

MDG's and Africa

The Millennium Development Goals and Africa: A new framework for a new future: Address by Mark Malloch Brown, UNDP Administrator, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda, 12 November 2002;

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Progress, Prospects, and Policy Implications: Global Poverty Report 2002; African Development Bank, June 2002;

The Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Promises & Progress: Report prepared by UNDP and UNICEF at the request of the G-8 personal representatives for Africa, New York, June 2002;

Progress Toward The Millennium Development Goals in Africa: David E.Sahm, Professor of Economics, Cornell University and David C. Stifel, Research Associate, Cornell University, June 2002;

Feasibility and Current Progress

Attaining the International Development Targets: Will Growth be Enough: For Presentation at the UNU/WIDER Development Conference on Growth and Poverty, Helsinki, 25 – 26 May 2001 by Lucia Hammer and Felix Naschold;

Are the MDGs Feasible?: by Jan Vandermoortele (UNDP/NY) July 2002;

How are we doing? (Graphs) Goal 1 - Goal 1/2 - Goal 3/4 - Goal 5/6 - Goal 7 - Goal 8

United Nations Millennium Development Goals Data and Trends, 2002: Report of the Inter-agency Expert Group on MDG Indicators, New york, April 2002;

Millenium Indicators Database: Goals, Targets and Indicators, UN Dept. of Economics and Social Affairs, Statistics Division;

Costing and Financing the MDGs

Goals for Development: History, Prospects and Costs: by Shantayanan Devarajan, (HDNVP), Margaret J. Miller, (HDNVP) and (SRM), Eric V.Swanson, (DECDG), April 2002;

The Cost of Attaining the Millennium Development Goals: World Bank 2002;

The Millennium Challenge Account: A new vision for development: A Policy Paper from Inter-Action, May 2002;

The Unbreakable Link – Debt Relief and Millennium Development Goals: A Report from Jubilee Research, at the New Economics Foundation, by Romilly Greenhill, February 2002;

Growth and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries: How Much External Financing will be Needed in the New Century? By Ricardo Gottschalk, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brigton, UK, December 2000;

Summary Report: Financing the Development Goals: An Analysis of Tanzania, Cameroon, Malawi, Uganda, Philippines: UNDP, March 2002;

Costing the Millennium Development Goals: Uganda Country Study, Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Kampala, Uganda, April 2002;

Aid and The Millennium Development Goals: Overseas Development Institute, Felix Naschold, February 2002;

Halfway there? – The G8 and the Millennium Development Goals in 2002: Action Aid, 2002;

Report of the High-Level Panel on Financing For Development: UNDP 2001;

The European Union’s Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals: Simon Stocker, 2002;

Progress Monitoring and Reporting

Proposal of a Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals: Paper presented at the Regional MDG Meeting, Dakar, February 25-28th, 2003, Sylvain Lariviere, Frederic Martin, Soraya Mellali, and Diakalia Sanogo, 20 February 2003;

Millenium Development Goal Country Reports: Vehicles for Action: United Nations Fact Sheet;

Reporting on the Millennium Development Goals at the Country Level: Guidance Note, United Nations Development Group, October 2001;

Status of Millennium Development Goals Country Reporting: Note by the Secretary-General, 6 December 2002;

Using the MDG’s as a Basis for Agency Level Performance Measurement: Howard White, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, 2002;

CIESIN-led Mapping Initiative (memorandum): John McArthur and Jeffrey Sachs, Millenium Project, 30 August 2002;

Concept Note: Technical Requirements for MDG Reporting Software: 6 August 2002;

DAC Methodological Note: Collection of Indicators Methodology Sheets;

MDGs and PRSPs

Are MDGs and PRSPs Competing Acronyms?: Jan Vandemoortele, September 2002;

How do the Millennium Development Goals Relate to Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers?: UNDP and World Bank, November 2002;

Integrating the MDGs into a National PRSP Context: Lessons Learned and Best Practices: Tim Scott, UNDP Albania, November 2002;

UNDP MDG Experiences in Other Regions

UNDP Albania MDG Site

Forum on the MDGs in Central and Eastern Africa, 17-19 June, 2002, Addis Ababa

Regional Initiatives

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development: (NEPAD), Abuja (Nigeria) October 2001;

G8 African Action Plan: Kananaski Summit, Canada 2002;

What NEPAD Implies for African Policy Makers: Economic and Social Council, United Nations, 30 September 2002;