Children and the Millennium Development Goals: fragile gains and deep inequalities

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As a promise made to poor people worldwide the Millennium Development Goals remain a powerful signal of international consensus that more must be done to improve human development. Commitment to the MDGs was reiterated at the 2010 summit of G20 countries (G20 2010) in Toronto. As the UN Secretary General described: "They are the world’s quantified, time-bound targets for addressing extreme poverty, hunger and disease, and for promoting gender equality, education and environmental sustainab...

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Authors: Dornan, P

• Alternative title: Policy Paper 2
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Publisher: Young Lives
• Publication date: 2010-01-01
• Edition: Publisher's version
• Language: English
• Keywords: India; inequality; human rights; Vietnam; Ethiopia; human development; Peru; MDGs
• Subjects: Development and Refugees (see also Sociology); Children and youth; Social policy & social work; Sociology; Poverty