‘The End of Poverty, Soon’ by Jeffrey Sachs
News & Commentary — Published .
Mobile phones have been a gift for development
News & Commentary — Published .
High stakes at the UN on the Sustainable Development Goals
News & Commentary — Published .
‘Sustainable Development: The Next Frontier’ by Jeffrey Sachs
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Amina Az-Zubair on Achieving the MDGs in Nigeria
Video — Published .
MDGs and the Accelerated Decline of Poverty and Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa
Field Note — Published .
In Sub-Saharan Africa, economic development was basically stalled before the year 2000. Economic growth was low; the poverty rate was high and not falling; and disease burdens were enormous and increasing in the case of malaria and HIV/AIDS. The MDGs played an important role, together with other factors, in helping to reverse these adverse trends.
Islamic Development Bank, Earth Institute partner on MDGs in rural Africa
News & Commentary — Published .
Millennium Villages: The Art of Scaling Up
Field Note — Published .
For eight years, the Millennium Villages have been playing an important role in advancing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. That role is unusual and is therefore not well understood. In this article I will illustrate it through one important example: the case of malaria. Back in the year 2000, when the MDGs were
Millennium Village Programs Now in More Than 20 Countries
Field Note — Published .
Across Africa, more than 20 countries are now hosting or starting Millennium Village-related projects. The Islamic Development Bank is supporting activities in 8 countries and more than a dozen other independent efforts are underway in other countries. Click here for interactive map. showing all the countries and what programs they are implementing.
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