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The Post-2015 Process – Bringing together the Sustainable Development Goals

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In 2000, world leaders put in place the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), a set of eight goals which have focused global attention on a limited set of concrete human development goals and provided targets for national and international development priorities. Specific progress on the 21 targets and 60 indicators associated with the goals can be … Continue reading The Post-2015 Process – Bringing together the Sustainable Development Goals

Business Contributions to the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals – Issue Briefs (part 2 of 2)

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Over more than a decade, the international community has been working on reaching targets set forth by the Millennium Development Goals, a set of eight goals which focused global attention on a limited set of concrete human development goals and provided targets for national and international development priorities. As these targets are set to expire … Continue reading Business Contributions to the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals – Issue Briefs (part 2 of 2)

Business Contributions to the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals – Issue Briefs (part 1 of 2)

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Over more than a decade, the international community has been working on reaching targets set forth by the Millennium Development Goals, a set of eight goals which focused global attention on a limited set of concrete human development goals and provided targets for national and international development priorities. As these targets are set to expire … Continue reading Business Contributions to the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals – Issue Briefs (part 1 of 2)

Developing the post 2015 agenda

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In the year 2000, world leaders came together to establish the Millennium Development Goals - also known as the MDGs - a set of eight goals which member states and international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015. The MDGs are to: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender … Continue reading Developing the post 2015 agenda