Tag Archives | MDG

Countdown to the Millennium Development Goals Summit

26 August 2010 in Africa and Middle East, Poverty and development

By Craig Fagan and Jesse Garcia Five years, 127 days, eight hours and 40 minutes. That is the time left until the Millennium Development Goals are to be achieved (at least as I type this – https://www.mdgmonitor.org). And in a much smaller amount of time – one month – world leaders will be gathering at […]

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Transparency: A Key to Jumpstart MDG Progress

6 August 2010 in Anti-corruption movement, Education, Events, Measurement and Research, Poverty and development

Time is not on the side of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of development promises made by world leaders in 2000 on everything from education to the environment.  There are only another five years left to meet the ambitious targets, which include halving the number of people living on less than US$ 1 […]

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Why the MDG action plan needs an anti-corruption agenda

28 June 2010 in Africa and Middle East, Poverty and development

The word anti-corruption appears nowhere in the draft declaration ahead of the September MDG Review Summit to kick start action on the Millennium Development Goals. Why this should change. In 2000 the United Nations set a 15-year time line – the Millennium Development Goals – to tackle some of the world’s biggest development problems from […]

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Gender, corruption and basic services – unequal impacts all around

16 June 2010 in Americas, Poverty and development

Just as with public services or pay levels, inequality between men and women characterises corruption. Corruption in the provision of basic services such as health and education – which are key areas for achieving the Millennium Development Goals – can have disproportionate and negative consequences for women and girls. Corruption can compromise their access to […]

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Climate Change, Water and Corruption

8 December 2009 in Climate Change, Water

This post has been written by Birke Otto of the Water Integrity Network, a global coalition stimulating anti-corruption activities in the water sector locally, nationally and globally. As the climate talks at the COP15 open with urgent calls for action, massive funds will be mobilized to manage climate change adaptation and mitigation. If not managed […]

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