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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in an Era of Global Uncertainty
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| Author(s):
UNESCAP, Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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| Economic Sector(s):
(1) Global, regional and multisectoral economic and social development strategies and policies; (2) Monetary and financial issues and policies; (3) Economic statistics; (4) Other statistics; (5) Population and development; (6) Social welfare and services and social security |
| ESCAP Reference
No.: MDG Report 2009/10 |
| Division/Office:
OES (UNIS/Library/MDG Centre) |
| Published Date:
17 February 2010 |
| Country:
{Sub-regional Publication} |
| Hard Copy Price:
Free
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| In recent years the Asia-Pacific region, along with the rest of the world, has been assailed by
a series of global crises, first the energy and food crises, and more recently the financial and
economic crisis – all of which have presented threats to development and to the achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report assesses the likely impact. First it tracks
progress towards the Goals on the basis of data collected prior to the economic crisis on 21
out of the 60 official MDG indicators. Then it considers how this progress might be hindered by
recent events. Drawing from the lessons of the crisis, the report also explores measures to make
regional economies more socially resilient to economic cycles. |
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