Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals are eight goals that all 191 UN member states have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed in September 2000 commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women. The MDGs are derived from this Declaration, and all have specific targets and indicators. The Eight Millennium Development Goals are: • • • • • • • •

to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; to achieve universal primary education; to promote gender equality and empower women; to reduce child mortality; to improve maternal health; to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases; to ensure environmental sustainability; and to develop a global partnership for development.

The MDGs are inter-dependent; all the MDG influence health, and health influences all the MDGs. For example, better health enables children to learn and adults to earn. Gender equality is essential to the achievement of better health. Reducing poverty, hunger and environmental degradation positively influences, but also depends on, better health. 1 1

“Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)”, World Health Organization, www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/about/en

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Selected Materials Available at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Books Print Books: World Bank. Miniatlas of Millennium Development Goals: Building a Better World. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2005. BA Call Number: 338.900223 W92711 2005 (F2 -- WB -- References) Books Available in Print & Electronic Format: Bertucci, Guido, and Allan Rosenbaum, eds. Implementing the Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and Responses for Public Administration: Contribution of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration. New York: United Nations, 2007. BA Call Number: 338.9 I345 (F2 -- DESA) Also available as online e-book: http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan028493.pdf Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Food Comes First: FAO and the Eight Millennium Development Goals. Rome: FAO, 2010. BA Call Number: 363.8091724 F6861 (F2 -- FAO) Also available as online e-book: www.fao.org/mdg/22417-0c56b91e357c66fad721be8d55841a98d.pdf League of Arab States; United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. The Millennium Development Goals in the Arab Region 2007: A Youth Lens. [New York: United Nations], 2007. BA Call Number: 338.8830956 M646 2007 (F2 -- ESCWA) Also available as online e-book: www.escwa.un.org/information/publications/edit/upload/ead-07-3-e.pdf Mashayekhi, Mina, et al. Developments and Issues in the Doha Work Programme: Of Particular Interest to Arab Countries in the Context of Millennium Development Goals. New York: United Nations, 2006. BA Call Number: 382.9 D4898 (F2 -- UNCTAD) Also available as online e-book: http://archive.unctad.org/en/docs/ditctncd20059_en.pdf

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Njobvu, Benson, and Sjoerd Koopman, eds. Libraries and Information Services towards the Attainment of the UN Millennium Development Goals. IFLA Publications 134. München: K. G. Saur, 2008. BA Call Number: 022 L6971 (B4) Also available as e-book: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/bibalex/docDetail.action?docID=10289974 United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Committee for Development Policy. Implementing the Millennium Development Goals: Health Inequality and the Role of Global Health Partnerships. New York: United Nations, 2009. BA Call Number: 362.1091724 I345 (F2 -- DESA) Also available as online e-book: www.unicef.org/health/files/MDG_and_Health_Inequalities_UN_2009.pdf United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Division for Public Administration and Development Management. Participatory Governance and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). New York: United Nations, 2008. BA Call Number: 323.042 P2734 (F2 -- DESA) Also available as online e-book: http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN028359.pdf United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Gender in the Millennium Development Goals: Information Guide for Arab Millennium Development Goal Reports. [Beirut]: United Nations. ESCWA, 2008. BA Call Number: 305.42 G3252mi (F2 -- Closed Stacks -- ESCWA) Also available as online e-book: www.escwa.un.org/divisions/scu/GenderMDG/index.asp United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe; United Nations International Children’s Fund; United Nations Development Programme. Assessment of Capacity for Countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia to Produce MDG-Relevant Statistics. New York: United Nations, 2008. BA Call Number: 338.90070947 A8463 (F2 -- ECE) Also available as online e-book: www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/stats/publications/MDG_AssessmentEng.pdf United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Claiming the Millennium Development Goals: A Human Rights Approach. New York: United Nations, 2008. BA Call Number: 361.614 C585 (F2 -- OHCHR) Also available as online e-book: www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/49fac1162.html 120430

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United Nations Development Group. Indicators for Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals: Definitions, Rationale, Concepts and Sources. New York: United Nations Development Group, 2003. BA Call Number: 361 I3992 (F2 -- DESA) Also available as online e-book: www.undp.or.id/mdg/documents/MDG%20Indicators-UNDG.pdf Wagstaff, Adam, and Mariam Claeson. The Millennium Development Goals for Health: Rising to the Challenges. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2004. BA Call Number: 362.1 W135 (F2 -- WB) Also available as online e-book under: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/4942947/millenniumdevelopment-goals-health-rising-challenges World Health Organization (WHO). Health and the Millennium Development Goals. Geneva: WHO, 2005. BA Call Number: 362.1 H4342m (F2 -- WHO) Also available as e-book under: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/bibalex/docDetail.action?docID=10120291 World Health Organization WHO ; United Nations Children' s Fund (UNICEF). Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target: The Urban and Rural Challenge of the Decade. Geneva: WHO; New York: UNICEF, 2006. BA Call Number: 363.61091724 M4955u (F2 -- WHO) Also available as online e-book under: www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/jmpfinal.pdf

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e-Books: Brinkerhoff, Jennifer, Stephen C. M. Smith, and Hildy Teegen, eds. NGOs and the Millennium Development Goals: Citizen Action to Reduce Poverty. Gordonsville, VA: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. e-book. ebrary (database). Kabeer, Naila. Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Eradication and the Millennium Development Goals: A Handbook for Policy-Makers and Other Stakeholders. New Gender Mainstreaming Series on Development Issues. Ottawa, ON: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2003. e-book. ebrary (database). Kehoe, Sean, James P. Neilson, and Jane E. Norman, eds. Maternal and Infant Deaths: Chasing Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 2010. e-book. ebrary (database). Marshall, Katherine, and Richard Marsh, eds. Millennium Goals for Development and Faith Institutions: Common Leadership Challenges. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2003. e-book. ebrary (database). Mba, Chuks J., and Stephen O. Kwankye, eds. Population, Health and Development in Ghana: Attaining the Millennium Development Goals. Accra: Sub-Saharan, 2007. e-book. ebrary (database). Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Development Centre. “Innovative Approaches to Funding the Millennium Development Goals”. Chap. 4 in Financing Development: Aid and Beyond. N.p.: OECD, 2007. e-book. OECD iLibrary (database). Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). “Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals”. Pt. 1 chap. 4 in African Economic Outlook 2010. N.p.: OECD, 2010. e-book. OECD iLibrary (database). Reisen, Helmut. Innovative Approaches to Funding the Millennium Development Goals. OECD Development Centre Policy Briefs 24. Issy-les-Moulineaux: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Development Centre, 2004. Online e-book. OECD. www.oecd.org/dataoecd/57/11/31430478.pdf World Tourism Organization (UNTWO). Tourism and the Millennium Development Goals. Madrid: UNTWO, 2010. Online e-book. World Tourism Organization UNTWO. www.unwto.org/tourism&mdgsezine

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Reports Periodical Reports: Nations Unies. Commission Économique pour l’Afrique; Union Africaine; Banque Africaine de Développement; Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement. Évaluation des progrès accomplis en Afrique dans la réalisation des objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement : Rapport OMD. N.p., 2010-2011. Online e-book. 2010: www.afdb.org/fr/knowledge/publications/millennium-development-goalsmdgs-report/2010-mdgs-report 2011: www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/MDG/french/UNDP-ADFBMDG-FR-2011.pdf Nations Unies. Département des affaires économiques et sociales. Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement: Rapport. New York: Nations Unies, 2007, 2010. BA Call Number: 338.90091724 O128 (F2 -- Closed Stacks -- DESA -- References) Also available as online e-books (2005, 2007-2011): www.un.org/fr/millenniumgoals United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The Millennium Development Goals Report. New York: United Nations, 2005, 2007-2011. BA Call Number: 338.90091724 M646 2010 (F2 -- Closed Stacks -- DESA -- References) Also available as online e-books (2005/2011): www.un.org/millenniumgoals United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); African Union; African Development Bank; United Nations Development Programme. Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals: MDG Report. N.p., 2009-2011. Online e-book. 2009: www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Full_ReportMDG-WEB.pdf 2010: www.afdb.org/en/knowledge/publications/millennium-development-goalsmdgs-report/2010-mdgs-report/ 2011: www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/MDG/english/UNDP-ADFBMDG_2011.pdf World Health Organization (WHO). UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) Report. Geneva: WHO, 2008-2012. Online e-book. World Health Organization. www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/glaas/en/ * !334 !3! BA Call Number: 338.90091724 T175a (F2 -- Closed Stacks – DESA -- References) Also available as online e-book under (2005, 2010-2011): www.un.org/arabic/millenniumgoals ) ))) 0* ,

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Other Reports Available in Print & Electronic Format: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Millennium Development Goals in the Arab Region. [Beirut]: ESCWA, 2005. BA Call Number: 338.8830956 M646 (F2 -- ESCWA) Also available as online e-book: www.escwa.un.org/information/publications/edit/upload/scu-05-3.pdf United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Millennium Development Goals in the Arab Region 2007: A Youth Lens. Beirut: ESCWA, 2007. BA Call Number: 338.8830956 M646 2007 (F2 -- ESCWA) Also available as online e-book: www.escwa.un.org/information/publications/edit/upload/ead-07-3-e.pdf United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA); League of Arab States. The Third Arab Report on the Millennium Development Goals 2010 and the Impact of the Global Economic Crises. Beirut: ESCWA, 2010. BA Call Number: 338.9009174927 T445 (F2 -- ESCWA) Also available as online e-book: www.arab-hdr.org/publications/other/undp/mdgr/regional/thirdarabreport-mdg10-en.pdf United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Progress and Challenges. Addis Ababa: United Nations. ECA, 2005. BA Call Number: 338.96 M646 (F2 -- ECA) Also available as online e-book: www.uneca.org/mdgs/MDgs_in_Africa.pdf % %% ,

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