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MDG success shows the power of setting global development targets
07.07.2015 09:17 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The most successful anti-poverty movement in history has yielded dramatic results in reducing poverty, promoting gender parity and fighting diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. This conclusion comes from the
the UN-issued Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report 2015 which highlights significant global achievements since world leaders launched the eight MDGs in the year 2000, UN Radio says.
The report was launched on Mon and compiles data from over 28 UN and international agencies which have been monitoring progress on the goals, whose deadline is this year.
The MDG 2015 Report confirms how goal setting has lifted millions of people out of extreme poverty: from nearly two milliard in 1990 up to 836 million in 2015.
Thanks to the Millennium Development Goals, more girls are in school and more women are participating in government, with the average proportion of women parliamentarians nearly doubling over the past 20 years.
On the medical front, new HIV infections fell by approximately 40% between 2000 and 2013, while more than six million malaria deaths were averted.
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