1st Edition

Millennium Development Goals Looking Beyond 2015

Edited By Matthew Clarke, Simon Feeny Copyright 2013
118 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

In the year 2000, the international community agreed to a framework to address global poverty. This framework, known as the Millennium Development Goals, was time-bound with an end date of 2015. With this end now in sight, the international community is focusing on the achievement of these goals. However, it is also very important that consideration now turns to what will follow the MDGs after... Read more

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Biography

Matthew Clarke is Associate Professor and Head of the School of International and Political Studies at Deakin University, Australia.

Simon Feeny is Associate Professor in the School of Economic, Finance and Marketing at RMIT University, Australia.

'Overall, Millennium Development Goals: Looking Beyond 2015 is an interesting and well-organized look at the successes, failures, and challenges that have emerged out of the MDG movement in the Asia-Pacific region. This reviewer warmly recommends Millennium Development Goals: Looking Beyond 2015 as a valuable resource.' - Thomas Glendinning, African Review of Economics and Finance