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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
Tackling the MDGs requires an innovation-based approach
A commitment to development-oriented innovation should be high on the agenda at the upcoming MDG summit in New York.
Don't let price rises blow development off course
Commodity price rises are no substitute for long-term investment in infrastructure and capacity as a means of securing sustained development.
Promises, promises …
11 July 2008 | EN
News and Features
Safe water and sanitation 'key' to reducing poverty
A UN University report says safe water supplies and sanitation are the most important factors in addressing poverty and health problems.
Ghana, Madagascar, Mali get agricultural revamp
African small-scale farmers will benefit from the rehabilitation of agricultural infrastructure, with Ghana, Madagascar and Mali first in line.
19 June 2008
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UK boosts application and communication of research
23 April 2008
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