Millennium development goals

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  Forget Rio+20, the right steps can bring instant and lasting development gains

  20 Jun 2012: Kevin Watkins: Rather than setting new development goals before the old ones are met, we should tackle inequality and empower the poor

• Rio+20's sustainable development goals should reflect today's world

  15 Jun 2012: Duncan Green: The summit must recognise that the political and economic context has altered since the millennium development goals

• Bangladesh's Brac receives large aid boost from UK and Australia

  14 Jun 2012:

  Brac given £358m over five years to help meet millennium development goals and lift Bangladeshis out of extreme poverty

• Rio+20 stage set for debate on what next for development goals

  14 Jun 2012: John Vidal: Some countries fear a new set of sustainable development goals could sap energy from the drive to meet the MDGs

• 'Race against time' as 50 countries set to miss health-related MDGs

  14 Jun 2012:

  More than 50 countries look set to miss both millennium development goal targets for cutting mortality rates for young children and mothers by the 2015 deadline, according to a report

• Millennium development goals four and five progress check

  Interactive, 14 Jun 2012:

  The WHO's latest World Health Statistics report contains updates on health-related millennium development goals. Click on the map to explore the data

• Rio+20: we need to agree a new vision and a single process for action

  13 Jun 2012: Stephen Hale: Rio+20 is a one-off chance to kickstart the journey to new development goals, and success will be judged on commitments to action

• West Africa's wait for high-speed broadband is almost over

  13 Jun 2012: A cable linking west Africa to Europe will not only make it less frustrating to use the internet but will help achieve millennium development goals on education, health and the environment

• Family planning summit could mark turning point for maternal health

  7 Jun 2012: Babatunde Osotimehin: Enabling women to control the number and spacing of their children is essential to reducing maternal deaths in developing countries

• The lessons from Make Poverty History

  Guardian Professional, 31 May 2012:

  Three leading figures from Make Poverty History reflect on the campaign's strengths and weaknesses

• Foreign aid works – it saves lives

  30 May 2012:

  Jeffrey Sachs: A growing flood of data shows that aid-supported healthcare programmes have played a key role in cutting death rates in many poor countries

• David Cameron's role on development panel represents a golden opportunity

  28 May 2012: Jamie Drummond: The British PM's record on development is not perfect but his international roles could spur a push to the day when aid is no longer needed

• Rio+20's opportunity will be squandered without courage and vision

  28 May 2012: Gro Harlem Brundtland and Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Rio+20 must learn from the MDGs, emphasise sustainable development, and tackle climate change and gender inequality

• Rio+20 should prioritise sustainable agriculture, says Caroline Spelman

  24 May 2012:

  The UK secretary of state for the environment, food and rural affairs says the challenge for the UN Earth summit must be how to 'green' the world economy

• David Cameron is unfit to chair the UN development panel – and here's why

  24 May 2012: John Hilary: The British PM's record suggests he could hardly be more ill-equipped to devise the post-2015 development agenda

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