Discussion: Dealing with Shocks and Ensuring Resilience to Meet Current and Emerging Challenges
The international community has an invaluable role to play and a responsibility to live up to its commitments. The possibility of achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 largely depends on building stronger global partnerships. Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals embodies the global partnership for development in the fight against poverty and hunger, and in support of human...
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Meeting the MDG health targets Worldwide, under-five mortality declined from 93 to 72 deaths per 1,000 live births between 1990 and 2006. Nevertheless, in 62 countries, under-five mortality is not declining fast enough to meet the Millennium Development Goal 4 target of reducing by two thirds the mortality rate for children under 5 years of age. The reduction of maternal mortality also...
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The last few years have witnessed a remarkable expansion in the global economy. However, there has been a raging debate on the benefits of globalization and growth. Opponents of globalization contend that its benefits have largely accrued only to a few countries at the expense of low-skilled workers in both developed and developing countries. They also note that despite strong growth in...
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