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2. Assessing EU development cooperation: from infancy to maturity?
- Author:
- Eva Krizkova
- Publication Date:
- 10-2016
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Europeum Institute for European Policy
- Abstract:
- The development cooperation policy of the EU is an important political and economic tool. Nevertheless, its importance might be underestimated in today’s public debate. In 2000 and 2015 the international community adopted development goals (the so-called Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals), in which poverty eradication and global inclusive sustainable prosperity were set as priorities. In this framework, EU development cooperation is one of the most important tools in the accomplishment of these goals.
- Topic:
- International Political Economy, Millennium Development Goals, and International Development
- Political Geography:
- European Union
3. Equality as a Global Goal
- Author:
- Edward Anderson
- Publication Date:
- 06-2016
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Institution:
- Carnegie Council
- Abstract:
- The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were established following the UN Millennium Declaration, which was approved by the UN General Assembly in September 2000. Described by some as the “world's biggest promise," they set out a series of time-bound targets to be achieved by the international community by 2015, including a halving of extreme poverty, a two-third reduction in child mortality, a three-quarter reduction in maternal mortality, and universal primary education. The MDGs were, however, often criticized for having a "blind spot" with regard to inequality and social injustice. Worse, they may even have contributed to entrenched inequalities through perverse incentives. As some have argued, in order to achieve progress toward the MDG targets at the national level, governments focused their attention on the "easy to reach" populations and ignored more marginalized, vulnerable groups. The aim of this essay is to examine the extent to which this widespread criticism has been successfully addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), approved by the UN General Assembly in September 2015.
- Topic:
- United Nations, Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals, and Equality
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
4. The Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: a historic opportunity
- Author:
- Sarah Hearn and Jeffrey Strew
- Publication Date:
- 04-2015
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center on International Cooperation
- Abstract:
- The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were a game-changer because they channelled aid and developing countries’ revenues into a discrete package of priorities for eradicating extreme poverty. Undeniably, significant progress was made across peaceful developing countries against the eight MDGs (see box). According to the World Bank, absolute poverty has been halved (although not evenly in each country and region). In 1990, 43.1 per cent of the population in developing countries lived on less than 1.25 US dollars (USD) a day; by 2010, this rate dropped to 20.6 per cent. The world is close to attaining universal primary education too – 90 per cent of children in developing countries are completing primary education (although sub-Saharan Africa is behind at 70 %) (World Bank, 2014).
- Topic:
- Education, Human Welfare, Poverty, World Bank, Children, and Millennium Development Goals
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
5. Pathways to 'The future we want': global civil society and the post-2015 development agenda
- Author:
- Luara Lopes
- Publication Date:
- 03-2014
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
- Abstract:
- Luara Lopes examines the main processes of the current international development agenda; including the review of the Millennium Development Goals, the negotiation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the construction of a new, post-2015 global framework.
- Topic:
- Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals, International Development, and Global Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
6. The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Health Insurance on the Demand for Prenatal and Postnatal Health Care in Ghana
- Publication Date:
- 11-2012
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
- Abstract:
- Ghana is committed to achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 and 5, which aim to reduce child and maternal deaths by 2015. This commitment is manifested in the way prenatal and postnatal health care services are being made accessible to women of reproductive age. Prenatal care refers to the medical and nursing care recommended for women before and during pregnancy. Postnatal care is an essential part of safe motherhood. The access to and use of prenatal and postnatal health care services are crucial for improved maternal-child survival. Ill health of women and children can arise due to the under utilization of prenatal and postnatal health care services.
- Topic:
- Development, Economics, Health, Poverty, Health Care Policy, Children, Millennium Development Goals, and Infants
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Ghana
7. Financing Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in EECCA Countries, including Progress in Achieving Water-Related Millennium Development Goals (MDGS)
- Author:
- The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Publication Date:
- 11-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Abstract:
- At their meeting in Almaty in October 2000, EECCA Ministers of Environment, Finance, and Economy, Ministers and senior representatives from several OECD countries, as well as senior officials from International Financial Institutions (IFI), International Organisations, non-governmental organisations, and the private sector, recognised the critical condition of the urban water supply and sanitation sector in EECCA and endorsed "Guiding Principles for the Reform of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in the NIS". Participants requested the EAP Task Force to assess progress in implementing these Guiding Principles for review at a major conference of stakeholders that took place in 2005 in Yerevan, Armenia. This paper is an update of a report that was prepared for the Ministerial meeting in Yerevan, drawing on more recent data, and responds to the Ministers' request to prepare such a paper for the Environment for Europe Conference in 2007.
- Topic:
- Water, Millennium Development Goals, NGOs, and Sanitation
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus