[afro-nets] A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@mweb.co.za>]

Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Mil-
lennium Development Goals
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Edited by Jeffrey D. Sachs, UN Millennium Project, January 2005; 
ISBN: 1-84407-217-7
 
Adobe PDF file (353 pp. 3.7 MB!):
http://unmp.forumone.com/eng_full_report/MainReportComplete-lowres.pdf
 
"We have the opportunity in the coming decade to cut world pov-
erty by half. Billions more people could enjoy the fruits of the 
global economy. Tens of millions of lives can be saved. The 
practical solutions exist. The political framework is estab-
lished. And for the first time, the cost is utterly affordable. 
Whatever one?s motivation for attacking the crisis of extreme 
poverty ­ human rights, religious values, security, fiscal pru-
dence, ideology ­ the solutions are the same. All that is needed 
is action. This report recommends the way forward. It outlines a 
way to attain this bold ambition. It describes how to achieve 
the Millennium Development Goals."