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Achieving the millennium development goals in the Asia-Pacific region : the role of international assistance

Feeny, Simon and Clarke, Matthew 2008, Achieving the millennium development goals in the Asia-Pacific region : the role of international assistance, Asia Pacific viewpoint, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 198-212.

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Title Achieving the millennium development goals in the Asia-Pacific region : the role of international assistance
Author(s) Feeny, Simon
Clarke, Matthew
Journal name Asia Pacific viewpoint
Volume number 49
Issue number 2
Start page 198
End page 212
Publisher Blackwell
Place of publication Oxford, England
Publication date 2008-07
ISSN 1360-7456
1467-8373
Keyword(s) foreign aid
Millennium Development Goals
non-governmental organisations
Summary The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a set of international development targets agreed to by members of the United Nations in 2000. The goals aim to improve many of the dimensions of extreme poverty and are to be achieved by 2015. This paper provides an overview of the issues relevant to the achievement of the MDGs in the Asia-Pacific region. The paper begins by discussing the critiques of the MDGs before assessing whether countries in the region are on track to achieve them. Issues relating to data availability and accuracy are discussed and the need to tailor the MDG targets to the special circumstances of some Asia-Pacific countries is examined. The paper proceeds by discussing the role of international assistance via international foreign development aid and non-governmental organisations in the achievement of the MDGs. The paper concludes with some policy implications for the international donor community.
Language eng
Field of Research 160699 Political Science not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 940299 Government and Politics not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
HERDC collection year 2008
Copyright notice ©2008, The authors
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017939

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: School of International and Political Studies
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