Reaching goals (Image: Earth Institute)
Poverty, disease, women’s rights – we have to tackle then all, says the economist who helped draw up the Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals tackle a range of issues from poverty and disease to agriculture and women’s rights. Why do we have to tackle all these problems at once?
Poverty is multidimensional – it involves hunger, disease and all the other things, and because of that the goals are synergistic. Every target benefits when other goals are achieved. To get children into school in poor villages, you not only need to build the schools…
