Do the Millennium Development Goals Miss the Point in Africa?

Venue: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010

Time: 12:15 to 2:00 p.m.

The financial crisis, climate change, political and social instability, and persistent inequality have worsened the odds that Africa—and  others  in the developing world—will meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As the world prepares to debate MDG progress in the upcoming meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, the possibility of failing to meet the adopted targets in Africa and elsewhere raises renewed questions. How should the MDG goals be treated? What happens when the goals are not achieved by the 2015 deadline? How can the UN speed up development in Africa and other lagging regions and countries?

 

To discuss the consequences of the projections, Carnegie hosts Jan Vandemoortele, formerly with the United Nations and co-arquitect of the MDGs, Shanta Devarajan with the World Bank, and Selim Jahan with the United Nations Development Programme. Carnegie’s Eduardo Zepeda will moderate.

 

Speakers:

 

Formerly at the UN

 

World Bank

 

UNDP

 

 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace