8 UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) For Entrepreneurs
I was actually planning to write about the common national development goals but as I was “roaming” about online, I came across 8 UN millennium development goals and thought to myself this would be better than the national development goals I was prepared to write about.
So What Are The 8 UN Millennium Development Goals?
As the name suggests, the 8 UN millennium development goals (MDG’s) are eight international goals that were officially established during the Millennium Summit of the United Nations way back in 2000 (This was after the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration) and all the 193 United Nations member states (and at least 23 international organizations) have agreed to achieve these goals by the year 2015.
Let’s now proceed to look at what the 8 UN millennium development goals are.
The 8 UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) That Every Entrepreneur
Should Know
UN Millennium Development Goals #1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty And Hunger
- To halve the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 a day by 2015
- To halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by 2015
- To have decent employment for women, men and young people
UN Millennium Development Goals #2: Achieve Universal Primary Education
- For all children (boys and girls) to complete a full course of primary schooling by 2015
UN Millennium Development Goals #3: Promote Gender Equality And Empower Women
- Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2015
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament
UN Millennium Development Goals #4: Reduce Child Mortality Rates
- Reduce by two-thirds the under-five mortality rate by 2015
UN Millennium Development Goals #5: Improve Maternal Health
- Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio by 2015
- Achieve universal access to reproductive health by 2015
UN Millennium Development Goals #6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria And Other Diseases
- To have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other major diseases
- Achieve universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it by 2010
UN Millennium Development Goals #7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
- To integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs
- To reduce biodiversity loss by 2010
- Halve the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015
- To have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum-dwellers by 2020
UN Millennium Development Goals #8: Develop A Global Partnership For Development
- To develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system
- To address the special needs of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- To address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and Small Island developing States
- To deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term
Last Word On The 8 UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) That Every Entrepreneur Should Know
Each of the above 8 UN millennium development goals has got its own specific targets as well as a timeline by when it ought to be achieved.
To accelerate all these developments, the G8 Finance Ministers in June 2005 agreed to provide funds to the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) so as to cancel the debts owed by members of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) which range from $40 to $55 Billion.
The move by the G8 Finance Ministers was to allow such countries to re-channel their resources now saved from the canceled foreign debts to more productive activities which in the end will help them achieve the 8 UN millennium development goals e.g. Social programs aimed at improving healthcare and education systems.
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