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Science & Innovation Policy: MDGs

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The Millennium Development Goals, aimed at halving poverty by 2015, form a blueprint for international action to tackle the world's main development challenges.

Opinions and Analysis

Sowing the seed into politicians Let's reconnect green issues and development post-2015

Post-2015 discussions offer a chance to link the environmental and development agendas — it shouldn't be bypassed, says Myles A. Wickstead.

15 May 2013 | EN

Malaria programme in Kenya Invest in health systems for a balanced approach

Funding for programmes that target major diseases should be matched by investment in the health systems that underpin them, says Ghana's Irene Akua Agyepong.

3 April 2013 | EN

Policy Briefs

Putting adaptation at the heart of development

A four-step plan to help governments integrate adaptation to climate change into development planning and policy.

11 December 2008 | EN
Source: IIED


News and Features

Pope Francis on the day of his inauguration What will the new pope mean for the development sector?

There are high hopes that Pope Francis I will usher in an era of health reform and social activism, but doubts remain, finds Imogen Mathers.

5 April 2013 | EN | ES

Maize research, Kenya R&D can help clear development hurdles, say academics

More research funding and new methods of technology transfer are needed to meet the UN's post-2015 development goals, experts urge.

4 April 2013 | EN