Unfinished Business : Mobilizing New Efforts to Achieve the 2015 Millenium Development Goals

Backed by sound economic policies and until the global crisis, a buoyant global economy, many developing countries made significant movement toward achieving the 2015millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly those for poverty reduction, gen...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2017
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HIV
MDB
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820801468330950873/Unfinished-business-mobilizing-new-efforts-to-achieve-the-2015millennium-development-goals
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topic ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ACCOUNTING
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
ANTENATAL CARE
BABIES
BASIC EDUCATION
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
BASIC SANITATION
BORROWING COSTS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL FLOWS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATE
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILDBIRTH
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLINICS
COMBAT POVERTY
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMPLICATED PREGNANCIES
CONDOMS
CRIME
DEBT
DEBT RELIEF
DEFICITS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DISABILITIES
DISASTERS
DISSEMINATION
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC POLICIES
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
EPIDEMIC
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES
ESSENTIAL DRUGS
ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES
EX-COMBATANTS
EXISTING RESOURCES
FAMILIES
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATES
FEWER PEOPLE
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUPPLIES
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER MAINSTREAMING
GENDER PARITY
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GLOBAL EFFORT
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROSS NATIONAL INCOME
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HIV
HOSPITALS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN HEALTH
HYGIENE
ILLNESSES
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
JOB CREATION
LAND TENURE
LITERACY RATES
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOCAL COMMUNITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MATERNAL DEATHS
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
MATERNAL NUTRITION
MDB
MIGRANT
MIGRANT WORKERS
MILLENNIUM DECLARATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINORITY
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOSQUITO NETS
MULTILATERAL BASIS
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEW INFECTIONS
NEWBORN
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NURSES
NUTRITION
OBSTETRIC CARE
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
PATIENTS
PEACE
PENSIONS
POLICY DIALOGUE
POPULATION GROWTH
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREVENTABLE DISEASES
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY SERVICES
RADIO
RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
RECIPIENT GOVERNMENTS
REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY
REGIONAL COOPERATION
REMITTANCES
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION
RULE OF LAW
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POPULATION
SAFE DRINKING WATER
SAFE WATER
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NETS
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SEA LEVEL
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECTORAL POLICIES
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SLUM DWELLERS
SMALL ENTERPRISES
SMALLHOLDERS
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPILLOVER
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TUBERCULOSIS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT
UNIVERSAL EDUCATION
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBAN POVERTY
URBANIZATION
VACCINATION
VACCINES
VIOLENCE
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VULNERABILITY
WASTE
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER POLLUTION
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SUPPLIES
WATER SUPPLY
WOMAN
WORKERS
YOUNG GIRLS
YOUNG MEN
YOUNG WOMEN
spellingShingle ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ACCOUNTING
ADOLESCENT GIRLS
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
ANTENATAL CARE
BABIES
BASIC EDUCATION
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
BASIC SANITATION
BORROWING COSTS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL FLOWS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATE
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILDBIRTH
CITIZEN
CITIZENS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLINICS
COMBAT POVERTY
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMPLICATED PREGNANCIES
CONDOMS
CRIME
DEBT
DEBT RELIEF
DEFICITS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DISABILITIES
DISASTERS
DISSEMINATION
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC POLICIES
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
EPIDEMIC
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES
ESSENTIAL DRUGS
ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES
EX-COMBATANTS
EXISTING RESOURCES
FAMILIES
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATES
FEWER PEOPLE
FINANCIAL COMMITMENT
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SUPPLIES
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER MAINSTREAMING
GENDER PARITY
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GLOBAL EFFORT
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROSS NATIONAL INCOME
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HIV
HOSPITALS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN HEALTH
HYGIENE
ILLNESSES
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
JOB CREATION
LAND TENURE
LITERACY RATES
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOCAL COMMUNITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MATERNAL DEATHS
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
MATERNAL NUTRITION
MDB
MIGRANT
MIGRANT WORKERS
MILLENNIUM DECLARATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINORITY
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOSQUITO NETS
MULTILATERAL BASIS
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEW INFECTIONS
NEWBORN
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NURSES
NUTRITION
OBSTETRIC CARE
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
PATIENTS
PEACE
PENSIONS
POLICY DIALOGUE
POPULATION GROWTH
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREVENTABLE DISEASES
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY SERVICES
RADIO
RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
RECIPIENT GOVERNMENTS
REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY
REGIONAL COOPERATION
REMITTANCES
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION
RULE OF LAW
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POPULATION
SAFE DRINKING WATER
SAFE WATER
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NETS
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SEA LEVEL
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECTORAL POLICIES
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SLUM DWELLERS
SMALL ENTERPRISES
SMALLHOLDERS
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPILLOVER
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TUBERCULOSIS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT
UNIVERSAL EDUCATION
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATIONS
URBAN POVERTY
URBANIZATION
VACCINATION
VACCINES
VIOLENCE
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VULNERABILITY
WASTE
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER POLLUTION
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SUPPLIES
WATER SUPPLY
WOMAN
WORKERS
YOUNG GIRLS
YOUNG MEN
YOUNG WOMEN
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Unfinished Business : Mobilizing New Efforts to Achieve the 2015 Millenium Development Goals
description Backed by sound economic policies and until the global crisis, a buoyant global economy, many developing countries made significant movement toward achieving the 2015millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly those for poverty reduction, gender parity in education, and reliable access to safe water. But even before the global economic crisis, progress in achieving some MDGs, especially those on child and maternal mortality, primary school completion, hunger, and sanitation, was lagging. The global food, fuel and economic crises have set back progress to the MDGs. An estimated 64 million more people are living on less than $1.25/day than there would have been without the crisis. The challenges ahead are achieving the MDGs requires a vibrant global economy, powered by strong, sustainable, multi-polar growth, underpinned by sound policies and reform at the country level; improving access for the poor to health, education, affordable food, trade, finance, and basic infrastructure is key to accelerating progress to the MDGs; developing countries need to continue to strengthen resilience to global volatility in order to protect gains and sustain progress toward the MDGs; the international community must renew its commitment to reach the 'bottom billion', particularly those in fragile and conflict-affected countries; and global support for a comprehensive development agenda including through the G20 process is critical. In the wake of recent global crises, and with the 2015 deadline approaching, business as usual is not enough to meet the MDGs.
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title Unfinished Business : Mobilizing New Efforts to Achieve the 2015 Millenium Development Goals
title_short Unfinished Business : Mobilizing New Efforts to Achieve the 2015 Millenium Development Goals
title_full Unfinished Business : Mobilizing New Efforts to Achieve the 2015 Millenium Development Goals
title_fullStr Unfinished Business : Mobilizing New Efforts to Achieve the 2015 Millenium Development Goals
title_full_unstemmed Unfinished Business : Mobilizing New Efforts to Achieve the 2015 Millenium Development Goals
title_sort unfinished business : mobilizing new efforts to achieve the 2015 millenium development goals
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820801468330950873/Unfinished-business-mobilizing-new-efforts-to-achieve-the-2015millennium-development-goals
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27896
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spelling okr-10986-278962021-04-23T14:04:44Z Unfinished Business : Mobilizing New Efforts to Achieve the 2015 Millenium Development Goals World Bank ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCOUNTING ADOLESCENT GIRLS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ANTENATAL CARE BABIES BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC SANITATION BORROWING COSTS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL FLOWS CARBON DIOXIDE CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATE CHILD SURVIVAL CHILDBIRTH CITIZEN CITIZENS CLIMATE CHANGE CLINICS COMBAT POVERTY COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMPLICATED PREGNANCIES CONDOMS CRIME DEBT DEBT RELIEF DEFICITS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISABILITIES DISASTERS DISSEMINATION ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC POLICIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EPIDEMIC EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES ESSENTIAL DRUGS ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES EX-COMBATANTS EXISTING RESOURCES FAMILIES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FEWER PEOPLE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLIES GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER ISSUES GENDER MAINSTREAMING GENDER PARITY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL EFFORT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HIV HOSPITALS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN HEALTH HYGIENE ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS JOB CREATION LAND TENURE LITERACY RATES LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MATERNAL NUTRITION MDB MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MILLENNIUM DECLARATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINORITY MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOSQUITO NETS MULTILATERAL BASIS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCES NEW INFECTIONS NEWBORN NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSES NUTRITION OBSTETRIC CARE OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PATIENTS PEACE PENSIONS POLICY DIALOGUE POPULATION GROWTH PREGNANT WOMEN PREVENTABLE DISEASES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY SERVICES RADIO RECIPIENT COUNTRIES RECIPIENT GOVERNMENTS REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY REGIONAL COOPERATION REMITTANCES REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION RULE OF LAW RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SAFE DRINKING WATER SAFE WATER SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SEA LEVEL SECONDARY EDUCATION SECTORAL POLICIES SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SLUM DWELLERS SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SERVICES SPILLOVER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT UNIVERSAL EDUCATION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION VACCINATION VACCINES VIOLENCE VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT WATER POLLUTION WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WOMAN WORKERS YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG MEN YOUNG WOMEN Backed by sound economic policies and until the global crisis, a buoyant global economy, many developing countries made significant movement toward achieving the 2015millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly those for poverty reduction, gender parity in education, and reliable access to safe water. But even before the global economic crisis, progress in achieving some MDGs, especially those on child and maternal mortality, primary school completion, hunger, and sanitation, was lagging. The global food, fuel and economic crises have set back progress to the MDGs. An estimated 64 million more people are living on less than $1.25/day than there would have been without the crisis. The challenges ahead are achieving the MDGs requires a vibrant global economy, powered by strong, sustainable, multi-polar growth, underpinned by sound policies and reform at the country level; improving access for the poor to health, education, affordable food, trade, finance, and basic infrastructure is key to accelerating progress to the MDGs; developing countries need to continue to strengthen resilience to global volatility in order to protect gains and sustain progress toward the MDGs; the international community must renew its commitment to reach the 'bottom billion', particularly those in fragile and conflict-affected countries; and global support for a comprehensive development agenda including through the G20 process is critical. In the wake of recent global crises, and with the 2015 deadline approaching, business as usual is not enough to meet the MDGs. 2017-08-16T20:47:34Z 2017-08-16T20:47:34Z 2010-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/820801468330950873/Unfinished-business-mobilizing-new-efforts-to-achieve-the-2015millennium-development-goals http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27896 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research