The Millennium stops here

The Millennium Goals remain elusive and controversial

After five days of grand summitry in New York last week, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was able to announce that US$16 billion had been raised in aid pledges to help the world's poorest countries achieve more of the UN's eight anti-poverty targets - the Millennium Development Goals - by 2015. Telling the General Assembly that 'we brought together a broad coalition for change', Ban reckoned the week's talks on Africa and the MDGs had raised $1.6 bn. for food security, $4.5 bn. for education and $3 bn. for anti-malaria campaigns.

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Ban Ki-moon, China, Bill, Melinda Gates, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, William Easterly,, Todd Moss, Michael Clemens, François Bourguignon, Simon Maxwell, Paul Collier

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