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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Millennium Development Goal 8<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">The Global Partnership for Development: Time to
Deliver<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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MDG Gap Task Force Report 2011<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">United Nations <u></u><u></u>New York<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Available online PDF [98p.] at: <a href="http://bit.ly/qm5twO" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:black">http://bit.ly/qm5twO</span></font></a> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“……..With
only four years remaining in which to achieve the key targets of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), most of the world’s Heads of State and Government
came to the United Nations in September 2010 to take stock of progress made
thus far. Despite significant setbacks owing to the 2008-2009 global economic
crisis and surges in food and energy prices, it seems that the developing world
as a whole will reach many of the MDGs.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">However, some countries
and regions are not on track to reach the goals and require intensified efforts
to reduce poverty and child and maternal mortality rates and to improve access
to drinking water and sanitation. The objective of MDG 8 is to assist all
developing countries in achieving the goals through a strengthened global partnership
for international development cooperation. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The present report describes
how that partnership is producing significant results on many fronts, but notes
that many important gaps between expectations and delivery remain…..”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Contents<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Executive summary<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Official
development assistance. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Market access
(trade)<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Debt sustainability<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Access to
affordable essential medicines<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Access to new
technologies <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"><br>
Introduction<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Action pledged from
2010 forward. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The politics of
development partnership pledges<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Strengthening
coherence in the global partnership. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Time to deliver .</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Official development assistance ODA delivery in 2010 and its near-term
prospects <u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Aid allocations by
country. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Terms and uses of
aid<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Increasing aid
effectiveness <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Multiple modalities
of development cooperation<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Market access (trade)<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The fragile global
recovery and its impact on trade. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Trade finance <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Trade-restrictive
measures. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Tighter
restrictions on labour mobility<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Doha Round at
risk of failure. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Market access
indicators . <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Tariff barriers and
tariff preferences. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Tariff peaks and
escalation<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Agriculture
subsidies in OECD countries.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Debt sustainability<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The debt situation
and financial flows to developing countries . <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Progress in the
implementation of debt relief initiatives. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Vulnerable countries
and countries in debt distress<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Access to affordable essential medicines<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Availability and
prices of essential medicines<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Medicines for the
treatment of chronic diseases. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Paediatric
medicines. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Affordability of
essential medicines. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Promoting the use of
generic medicines<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Public health
systems<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Global initiatives
to improve access to essential medicines <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Improving access to
paediatric medicines<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Greater involvement
of the pharmaceutical industry <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Innovation and
intellectual property<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Medicines Patent
Pool. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Pooled procurement<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">African Network for
Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Local production of
essential medicines<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Access to new technologies<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Access to ICT services<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Enhancing the
development impact of ICT.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Privatization and
liberalization of ICT<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">National broadband
strategies<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The role of
technologies for e-government <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Enhancing global
measurement and monitoring <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Access to technology
and funding to address climate change <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Access to new
approaches to disaster risk reduction. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="2" color="#f7f1df" face="MyriadPro-SemiboldSemiCn"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-SemiboldSemiCn;color:#F7F1DF">Goals 1 to 7<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold">MDG Goals:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Semibold"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Semibold;color:black">Goal 1: </span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Regular"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Regular;color:black">Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Semibold"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Semibold;color:black">Goal 2: </span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Regular"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Regular;color:black">Achieve universal primary education<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Semibold"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Semibold;color:black">Goal 3: </span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Regular"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Regular;color:black">Promote gender equality and empower women<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Semibold"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Semibold;color:black">Goal 4: </span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Regular"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Regular;color:black">Reduce child mortality<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Semibold"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Semibold;color:black">Goal 5: </span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Regular"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Regular;color:black">Improve maternal health<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Semibold"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Semibold;color:black">Goal 6: </span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Regular"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Regular;color:black">Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Semibold"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Semibold;color:black">Goal 7: </span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="MyriadPro-Regular"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:MyriadPro-Regular;color:black">Ensure environmental sustainability<br>
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development<br>
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