PHM-Exch> Millennium Development Goals at Midpoint: Where do we stand and where do we need to go?

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
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 *Millennium Development Goals at Midpoint: Where do we stand and where do
we need to go?

*

François Bourguignon, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Stefan Dercon, Antonio Estache,
Jan Willem Gunning, Ravi Kanbur, Stephan Klasen, Simon Maxwell,
Jean-Philippe Platteau, Amedeo Spadaro

Paris School of Economics; CEPII and University of Paris Ouest; Oxford
University; ECARES (Free University of Brussels); Free University of
Amsterdam; Cornell University, USA; University of Göttingen; Overseas
Development Institute, London; University of Namur; Paris School of
Economics and University of Balearic Island


Paper written in the framework of the joint initiative "Mobilising European
Research for Development Policies" for the European Commission (DG
Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States),
Luxembourg, Finland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
*The paper was funded by the Department for International Development
(DFID), UK.  September 2008

*

Available online PDF [39p.]  at:
http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/mdg_paper_final_20080916_en.pdf


“……To elaborate this diagnostic, we focus on some very basic questions:



• How much has been achieved?

• What worked?

• What did not work well enough and why?

• What should be done to accelerate progress where needed?

• What could Europe do to contribute to the acceleration of the agenda?



The paper is structured as follows: The next section (2) is devoted to a
quick review of the evidence available on progress towards the MDGs at
global, regional and national levels. Section 3 introduces our conceptual
framework, a ‘tripod’ that leads us to focus on the global economy, on
domestic policy in developing countries and on aid. Section 4 focuses on the
international environment, as well as on policies in developed countries
that may affect developing countries through international markets. Section
5 deals with the financing of development and the MDGs through ODA. Section
6 considers the role of domestic policies. Section 7 examines the road
ahead, drawing the lessons learned so far on MDGs, as an instrument to
promote, plan and implement development. The last section sets out our
recommendations in more detail….”



*Contents *



1. Introduction

2. Where do we stand on the MDGs?

2.1 Stylized facts on overall MDG progress

2.2 Country heterogeneity in MDG performance

2.3 Heterogeneity across MDGs

3. A framework for assessing MDG achievements

4. MDGs and the global economy

4.1 Recent relative growth performance of developing countries

4.2 North-South financial flows and migration

5. MDGs and official development assistance

5.1 Volume, structure and impact of aid: A brief factual review

5.2 How to improve aid effectiveness to reach the MDGs

6. MDGs and policies in developing countries

6.1 Cross-cutting national policy issues

6.2 MDGs specific national policies

7. ‘MDG plus’: The road ahead

7.1 Conceptual foundations of the MDG process

7.2 Is there a case for broadening MDGs for a better monitoring of
development?

7.3 Towards a forward-looking integrated view at MDGs and development

8. Conclusions
References

After 2015:Rethinking Pro-Poor Policy

Institute of Development Studies

*IDS IN FOCUS POLICY BRIEFING** **ISSUE 09 -**JUNE 2009*



http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/43/13/43148514.pdf

As we enter an era characterised by global uncertainties such as climate
change and the global economic crisis, what has been the impact of the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) model and how can we accelerate progress
on poverty reduction through such turbulent times?
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