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MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Recent gains in millennium development goal 1 have seen the number of hungry people in the world decrease to fewer than 1 billion, though the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations believes that this number is still unacceptably high. Millennium Development Goal…
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MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education
There is only one target for millennium development goal 2: To ensure that children universally – including both boys and girls – will be able to complete a full course of primary education by 2015. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN claims that nearly 57 million…
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Top 5 Donation Apps – ShareTheMeal, Charity Miles and More
Today, you can find an app for nearly everything, including fundraising. With smartphones reaching near-ubiquity in most parts of the world, charities, nonprofits, and non-governmental organisations are pushing their money-raising campaigns to mobile devices through fundraising…
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MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
There was only one target under millennium development goal 3: To eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2005, and in all levels of education by 2015. It is important to promote the total and equitable participation of both men and women in efforts…
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MDG 4: Reduce child mortality
The Millennium Development Goal 4 has only one target: To reduce the under-five mortality rate by two-thirds in the period between 1990 and 2015 Undernutrition is estimated to contribute to more than 33 percent of all deaths in children under five. So, efforts to improve…
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MDG 5: Improve maternal health
Hunger and malnutrition were observed to increase the incidence and fatality rate of the conditions that contribute to nearly 80 percent of maternal deaths. In this regard, millennium development goal 5 has two targets: To reduce the maternal mortality ratio by 75 percent To…
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MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other major diseases
HIV, malaria, and other diseases directly and indirectly impact food and nutrition security, rural development, and agricultural productivity. At the same time, malnutrition and food and nutrition insecurity can increase vulnerability to disease. In this regard, Millennium…
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MDG 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
It is critical that the natural resources base and ecosystems are managed sustainably to ensure that people’s food requirements and other social, economic, and environmental needs are sufficiently met. Climate change, conflicts over access to resources, and increased water…
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MDG 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
Millennium development goal 8 has 6 targets that seek to develop global partnership for development, namely: To further develop an open, predictable, rule-based, non-discriminatory trading and economic system To address the special needs of the least developed countries To…
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What is Development – A Definitive Guide
But how do you tell which change is good? The word ‘development’ is widely used to refer to a specified state of advancement or growth. It could also be used to describe a new and advanced idea or product; or an event that constitutes a new stage under changing circumstances.…