U.N. goals to slash poverty, hunger achievable - draft
bit.lyBad governance stops Africa cutting child mortality - report
bit.lySee how cash benefits with strings cut poverty in Latin America and help the region towards achieving the MDGs
ow.ly And this factbox explains how conditional cash transfer schemes work
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Hunger is costing poor countries about $450 billion a year in lost gross domestic product (GDP), according to aid agency @ActionAid. That is more than ten times the sum the United Nations estimates is needed to meet the world's millennium promise to halve global hunger.
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A decline for the first time in 15 years in HIV/AIDS funding could hurt progress made against the disease five years before a global deadline to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, Michel Sidibe, head of U.N. HIV/AIDS agency UNAIDS, has told AlertNet in an interview.
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They are too narrow, they do not capture the bigger picture of progress, some can't even be measured. Read this if you are wondering what the Millennium Development Goals have ever done for us?
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An interesting point of view on why many governments don't want global inequality on the MDGs agenda
ow.ly meetup.com - Nancy Orem Lyman is in for the meetup in New York, NY!
As part of @alertnet #MDG #MDGs Summit coverage, I'll be in the Mashable U.N. Digital Media Lounge in NYC live blogging.
Stand Up Take Action pledge is ready for download!
fb.meCool article from IRIN on summit
www.irinnews.orgAlready more than 100 events happened in Australia and South-East Asia...
Stand Up Washington, DC Event Friday 17th @ Farragut Square Park (17th and I st, NW) 12:00PM
fb.memeetup.com - Inconsequential Logic is in for the meetup in Hacienda Heights, CA!
meetup.com - Johanna Cristancho says: I möchte gehen, was könnte ich mitbringen?? Dankee
meetup.com - Johanna Cristancho is in for the meetup in munich, Germany!
meetup.com - Johanna Cristancho started a meetup in munich, Germany!
meetup.com - Abiodun is in for the meetup in Higashimatsuyama, Japan!
More than 1000 Events in 70 countries so far. So weekend can come! Thanks to all of you for your great support. We...
fb.memeetup.com - Fiona Dilla is in for the meetup in Jakarta, Indonesia!
See some practical examples how corruption hampers progress on the MDGs
ow.ly @MerlinUK: MDGs simply can not be met without more investment and support for health workers in crisis countries.
bit.lyThe more developed a country the better it tends to cope with natural disasters and conflicts. But does it necessarily mean that if a nation cuts poverty and improves education it will be better able to mitigate crises?
ow.ly Ghana shows African nations can meet millennium goals - read the story and see the graphic
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Message from Right Honorable Prime Minister of Nepal Madhav Kumar Nepal, delivered to express solidarity to the...
fb.meYouth Video Contest on MDGs from Bangladesh: These are the products of a youth video contest held i...
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"2015 time is running out", Stand Up event in Ghent, Belgium. Watch the videofilm to be submitted to politicians...
fb.meListen to David Garrett's "noise" against poverty: His version of Beethoven's 5th, that he dedicated the Campaign...
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to David Garrett's "noise" against poverty: His version of Beethoven's
5th, that he dedicated the...
fb.meChild mortality rates have dropped by a third since 1990, says UNICEF
www.alertnet.orgJeffrey Sachs writes in the New York Times about progress on achieving the MDGs
www.nytimes.comCheck out these iPhone apps to help fight poverty
mashable.comNew video: @UNDP's Clark says #MDGs are pathways to a better life for those living in poverty
youtu.beMelinda Gates: gods with chequebooks
gu.com on The Guardian (with plug for their new development section)
We'll be there too! @oxfamamerica RT in #NYC on Sunday? #StandUp Against #Poverty with us, @nicoleatkins & @martinrivas! www.standupnyc.org
Find out where we stand on Goal 6: HIV/AIDS, Malaria & other diseases
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Goal 6: HIV/AIDS, Malaria & other diseases. Latest #UN facts on what has worked
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"2015 time is running out" Stand Up event in Ghent, Belgium: Saturday 11 September the coalition of...
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We're 2 days away from the #MDGSummit! Today we'll be focusing on Goal 7: Environmental sustainability #UN
Preparations are underway at UNHQ for the arrival of nearly 140 world leaders next week. We'll take you behind the scenes.
Find out where we stand on Goal 7: Environmental sustainability
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Getting ready to welcome our VOICE blogges to NYC for the #mdg summit. Really exciting week planned!!
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