The Millennium Development Goals : A Global Vision For The Future

MDGs are millennium developmental goals. The UN adopted the SDGs; SDGs are sustainable developmental goals in 2016. Some of the goals were to get rid of extreme hunger and poverty by 2015. The other goals were to end hunger, achieve food security, and improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. They hope to reach these goals by 2030.

United States foreign policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa is a multi-faceted and ever- evolving issue that faces relentless changes in power, extremist groups, and instability. President Barack Obama has ranked Africa within his top eight foreign policy priorities, recognizing the importance the region serves economically and as a concern for the security of the United States and its allies. The Gates Foundation released a statement in 2015 affirming that half of African countries are on track to cut poverty in half by 2015 and are on successfully moving towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set forth by the United Nations (UN). However, this does not mean the region has seen an increase in overall stability; Boko Haram, ISIL, climate change, and various diseases all pose extreme threats to stability and economic prosperity. This puts into question if the

In 2000, the UN General Assembly, in order to promote environmental sustainability, established global goals with specific targets that would address sustainable development, healthcare developments and reduce poverty. Those

They are (1) Eradicated extreme hunger and poverty, (2) Achieve universal primary education, (3) Promote gender equality and empower women, (4) Reduce child mortality, (5) Improve maternal health, (6) Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases, (7) Ensure environmental sustainability, and (8) Develop a global partnership for development. The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for Sierra Leone has made progress, but will not achieve all of them by end of this year. Sierra Leone’s MDG’s are a challenge to achieve because of poor infrastructure, lack of reliable electricity supply and weakness in social services delivery. There is also corruption in the government, which is very inefficient to civil service. The MDG’s are believed to be achieved 10% per annum range; it is a slow progress because of the factors mentioned above (Millennium Development Goals Progress Report 2010,

A global approach, such as with Millennium Development Goals”, is one of the examples when the collective action can provide a collective

Ranging from the UN World Food Program to Oxfam, initiatives aim at improving conditions for those trapped in poverty, alleviating hunger and malnourishment, as well as enable individuals to become self-sustainable. Some of the programs and assistance provided to countries is not without drawbacks and criticisms. For instance, World Bank and IMF development assistance has been accused of interfering with countries’ ability to manage affairs sovereignly (e.g. conditions attached to the receipt of aid). Likewise, US AID assistance comes with foreign policy attachments that may not always be appreciated. Furthermore, even though NGOs are becoming more mindful of local conditions and cultures, they inadvertently promote western perceptions concerning human rights and values. Yet, despite differences in goals, approaches, and other aspects at appears reasonable to expect sustained, cooperative efforts to reduce poverty. The cynic may argue that nations pursue self-serving goals and aim to distract citizens from internal problems, while NGOs’ involvement justifies their existence…

The MDG has provided the world with better ways to meet human needs and requirements of economic transformation, while protecting human rights, ensuring peace, and realizing human rights. Along with the many accomplishments that the MDG has achieved so far I think the two achievements that are most striking are, the amount of people that have gained access to piped drinking water, 2.3 billion in 1990 and increased to 4.2 billion in 2015. The MDG has allowed countries to have access to improved sanitation and drinking water. Another achievement that stood out to me in the overview is that in Northern Africa pregnant women received four or more antenatal visits, which increased from 50 percent to 89 percent between 1990 and 2014. This is drastic

Many people might have had heard of the millennium project and its goals. However most don’t know how close these goals are to being all achieve. One huge misconception people have on the world population is that it will continue to grow until it reaches a point where it will be too big and collapse. Another misconception people have is how poor countries have no change on becoming developed and will always be poor. However, this development gap is closing and as it does it decreases the child rate in the poor countries allowing the world population to balance out.

In 2000, United Nations announced the Millennium Declaration for global development and committed to achieve eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 (United Nations, 2000). Over the past 15 years, by reviewing and reflecting the failures and success of these ambitious goals (Childs, 2015), the debate about international giving continues. To support the stance about “the U.S. government and NGOs should stop aiding more to foreign countries,” this memo will briefly indicate this stand. In order to be well prepared for our debate, this note could provide a brief outline for this point of view.

Millennium Development Goals (MDG) setting for 2015 by the United Nations, the Brazilian government estimated that it could fulfil most of the set goals.

The Millennium Declaration Goals 2000, In which the world 189 part nations unanimously consented to help the poor nations of the world to attain a finer life before the end of year 2015. In this Millennium Declaration, It was chosen by the world pioneers to outline a system for advancement embodying eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s):

Coming to an end in the end year of 2015, The MDG successor came from a different alternative, this time the world organization get a better understanding based on the need that changed due to time and also the try and error experienced makes the new sets of goal named SDG (Sustainable Development Goals). Unlike the MDG Which came from the World organization thinking, the SDG came from the event held by more variant

These represent the core flows underlying MDG 8. Flows and provide some evidence that the role of external actors in accompanying the country’s efforts towards MDG achievement has somewhat lots prominence as the country has shifted from external dependence to domestic resource mobilisation. A major driver of the shift has been the increased reliance on trade – through revenues from hydrocarbon exports – which has largely replaced the role played by debt forgiveness and ODA in financing social spending. In light of this scenario, we identify some ways in which the international community could be

The twenty-first century presents numerous transnational issues requiring collective action across the global community. Terrorism, environmental degradation, human rights abuses, violent conflicts, and international criminal networks are all examples of significant challenges that receive varying degrees of the world’s focus and resources. Many global actors are likewise diligently working toward alleviating poverty in the developing world. Some policy advocates contend that poverty should receive priority in the global governance agenda over other critical challenges to security and stability. Aside from the intrinsic moral value in mitigating human suffering, poverty is the most important contributing factor to all of the aforementioned problems. Therefore, the eradication of endemic poverty should be the principal aim of the world’s governance efforts.

“NOBODY CAN GO BACK AND START A NEW BEGINNING, BUT ANY ONE CAN START TODAY AND MAKE A NEW ENDING”.