Chapter 1:

Economics,
Institutions,
and
Development
: A Global
Perspective
 MILLENIUM
DEVELOPMENT
AL GOALS
AND TARGETS
FOR 2015

Source: United Nations Development Program, “Millennium Developmental Goals, “

http://www.undp.org/mdg/goallist.shtml, August 16, 2007
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1. Eradicate extreme poverty  Reduce by half the

and hunger proportion of people living on
less than $1 a day
 Reduce by half the
proportion of people who
suffer from hunger
2. Achieve universal primary  Ensure that all boys and girls
education complete a full course of
primary schooling

3. Promote gender equality and  Eliminate gender disparity in

empower women primary and secondary
education, preferably by
2005, and at all levels by
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2015
 GOALS TARGETS

4. Reduce child morality  Reduce by two-thirds the

morality rate among children
under 5
5. Improve maternal health  Reduce by three-quarters the
maternal mortality ratio

 Halt and begin to reverse the

6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria,
and other diseases spread of HIV/AIDS
 Halt and begin to reverse the
incidence of malaria and
other major diseases

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7. Ensure environmental  Integrate the principles of

sustainability sustainable development into
country policies and
programs; reverse loss of
environmental resources
 Reduce by half the
proportion of people without
sustainable access to safe
drinking water
 Achieve significant
improvement in lives of at
least 100 million slum
dwellers by 2020
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 GOALS TARGETS

8. Develop a global partnership  Develop further an open,

for development rule-based, predictable,
nondiscriminatory trading
and financial system;
includes a commitment to a
good governance,
development, and poverty
reduction—both nationally
and internationally
 Address the special needs of
the least developed
countries; includes tariff and
quota free access for least
developed countries’
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 GOALS TARGETS

8. Develop a global partnership indebted poor countries (HIPCs)

for development and cancellation of official
bilateral debt; and more
generous official development
assistance (ODA) for countries
committed to poverty reduction
 Address the special needs of
landlocked countries and
small island developing
states
 Deal comprehensively with
the debt problems of
developing countries
through national and
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8. Develop a global partnership  In cooperation with

for development developing countries,
develop and implement
strategies for decent and
productive work for youth
 In cooperation with
pharmaceutical companies,
provide access to affordable
essential drugs in developing
countries
 In cooperation with the
private sector, make
available the benefits of new
technologies, especially
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BUILD, BUILD, BUILD

 Ensure peace and security

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 Infrastructure development accelerated
and operations sustained
 Ensure safety and build resilience
 Ensure ecological integrity, clean and
healthy environment

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 INEQUALITY- UNLAD”
“MALASAKIT” REDUCING INCREASING
ENHANCING THE TRANSFORMATI GROWTH
SOCIAL FABRIC ON POTENTIAL

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Ensure people- Expand Increase
centered, clean and economic access to Advance Stimulate
efficient governance opportuniti economic technology innovation
es opportuniti
es
Pursue swift and fair IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC TRADE AND FISCAL POLICY,
administration of MAINTAIN MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, AND
justice PROMOTE COMPETITION

Accelerate Reduce
Promote Philippine Maximize
human vulnerabilit
culture and values demographic
capital y of
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developmen individuals dividend
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2022 TO LAY DOWN THE
FOUNDATION FOR INCLUSIVE A HIGH-
TRUST AND RESILIENT SOCIETY,
GROWTH, AND A GLOBALLY-
COMPETITIVE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

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2040 MATATAG, MAGINHAWA AT
PANATAG NA BUHAY

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