Achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015
Posted by Paul Pronyk, Jeffrey Sachs & Prabhjot Singh | Oct 23, 2011
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As the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation at the Centre for Global Health and Economic Development at The Earth Institute, I thought I might offer some reflections to this vigorous discussion around the optimal methods for evaluating the Millennium Villages project.
Posted by admin | Oct 21, 2011 | 0 Comments
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"The Millennium Villages Project, and Professor Sachs individually, had a huge effect in enabling Kenya to pursue a policy of mass distribution of bed nets and the shift to community-based treatment of malaria. The Millennium Villages Project informed our government about the efficacy of such policy breakthroughs. Professor Sachs’s advocacy inside Kenya, with the Global Fund, and at the United Nations, helped not only Kenya, but all of Africa to make a breakthrough . . . [more]
Posted by Kyu Lee | Oct 11, 2011 | 0 Comments
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Yesterday at United Nations headquarters in New York, the Millennium Villages Project announced it would move into the second phase of its work with a focus on business development, increasing investments, scaling up, and strengthening delivery systems as it continues on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. More than $72 million in new pledges were made, including $27.4 million by George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations. These funds will . . . [more]
Posted by Joelle Bassoul Mojon | Mar 18, 2011 | 0 Comments
General Villages Info • Gumilira, Malawi • Health
‘Before, we were using the bush. Now we have latrines for boys and girls, and the headmaster told us how to use them.’ The 12-year-old boy's candid explanation is a reminder of the lack of hygiene that still prevails in schools in rural and poor areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Like thousands of children, Nasiyani Chiwuye . . . [more]
Posted by Nela Berlanga & Yanis Ben Amor | Feb 22, 2011
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Bonsaaso, Ghana • Education • General Villages Info • Health • Partners • Sauri, Kenya
When I arrived to the Bonsaaso Millennium Villages Project (MVP) site, my first impressions regarding the status of healthcare delivery were above expectations: I was pleasantly surprised about the great work that MVP and the Ghana Health Service had carried out in this cluster. I found 7 functional health centers, managed by midwives operating as doctors, assisted by a team of community health workers. The 7 clinics in the cluster . . . [more]
Posted by Beatrice Biira | Oct 15, 2010 | 0 Comments
Agriculture • General Villages Info
What an amazing week this has been! I’m leaving Iowa today with an enhanced perspective on the role of agriculture in not only feeding families, but as an economic activity. For my friends and family still in Uganda, agriculture is more than a way of life; indeed, agriculture’s obvious role is to provide necessary nutrition. Crucially, we need to begin reorienting our thinking about agriculture, particularly in places like Africa, where agriculture is an opportunity to prosper if we are open-minded about scientific farming practices and embracing new technologies. Most importantly, I’m leaving today with a profound sense of pride . . . [more]
Posted by John McArthur | May 24, 2009 | 0 Comments
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In a posting on the Global Brief blog, Millennium Promise CEO John McArthur questions the Canadian government's commitment to foreign aid and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. This week Canadian Development Minister Beverley Oda made a policy speech outlining Canada’s renewed emphasis on improving the quality of its foreign aid dollars. A focus on efficacy is commendable and important, since taxpayer dollars should of course be subject to strict scrutiny in advancing key development objectives in the poorest countries, particularly the Millennium Development Goals. But an emphasis on quality cannot be presented as a false choice against quantity, . . . [more]
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