scholarly journals Halfway up the highway: Can Nepal meet its Health Millennium Development Goals?

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (173) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhinav Vaidya ◽  
N Jha
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Poverty Trap ◽  
World Community ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Key Words Development ◽  
Development Goals

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are international objectives on poverty reduction adopted by the world community and provide the broad context for this revolution in thinking and practice. The MDGs place a central focus on public health, in recognition of the fact that improvements in public health are vital not only in their own right but also to break the poverty trap of the world's poorest economies. Nepal has been committed to achieving the MDGs since it endorsed the Millennium Declaration. As we have at present just passed the midway through the 15 years to MDGs deadline of 2015, this article reviews the status of Nepal in achieving the MDGs, the challenges it faces and whether it can achieve the MDGs by 2015.Key words: development, goals, health, millennium, Nepal

scholarly journals Benchmarks for a truly universal Post-2015 Agenda for Sustainable Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Martens
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Reference Period ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
Business People ◽  
World Community ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals

“Post-2015” is the “flavor of the day”; it is currently right in the center of the development discourse. The United Nations, governments, civil society organizations, researchers, and even business people are currently discussing what will come aft er the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As you all know, the reference period for the MDGs will expire in 2015, and this is the reason why the world community is now engaged in the task of formulating an agenda for the following period. But this Post-2015 Agenda can and must be much more than just an updated list of MDGs.

scholarly journals GAMBARAN PENGETAHUAN MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG’S) PADA MAHASISWA MAHASISWA FAKULTAS KEDOKTERAN PROGRAM STUDI KEDOKTERAN UMUM SEMESTER ENAM (VI) UNIVERSITAS SAM RATULANGI MANADO

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahmat Thariq
Keyword(s):  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Health It ◽  
World Community ◽  
Millenium Development Goals ◽  
The World ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Main Component

Abstract: MDG's is a declaration that the commitment of world leaders to address the issues of peace, security, development, human rights and fundamental freedoms in one package. Target achievement of the MDG's, the dominant of which are issues that are within the scope of health, it became evident that health is the main component that is considered by the world community. Methods: This study aims to gain insight knowledge of medical students about the MDG's. The research was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine, General Medicine course Sam Ratulangi University Manado in October 2012 until April 2013. A total of 90 respondents were collected and then conducted data collection using questionnaires. Likert scale is used as a means of interpretation of the respondents' knowledge. Results: of 90 respondents, the overall level of knowledge about the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) well with the percentage of 70.75%. Conclusion: the knowledge of students in the Faculty of Medicine, General Medicine course Sam Ratulangi University of Manado on the purpose and benefits of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) showed good knowledge.   Abstrak: MDG’s merupakan Deklarasi yang menghimpun komitmen para pemimpin dunia untuk menangani isu perdamaian, keamanan, pembangunan, hak asasi dan kebebasan fundamental dalam satu paket. Target pencapaian MDG’s, dominan diantaranya merupakan permasalahan yang berada dalam ruang lingkup kesehatan, hal ini menjadi bukti bahwa kesehatan merupakan komponen utama yang sangat diperhatikan oleh masyarakat dunia. Metode: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan gambaran pengetahuan Mahasiswa kedokteran tentang MDG’s. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Fakultas Kedokteran program studi Kedokteran Umum Universitas Sam Ratulangi Manado pada bulan Oktober 2012 sampai April 2013. Sebanyak 90 responden dikumpulkan kemudian dilakukan pengambilan data menggunakan kuesioner. Skala likert digunakan sebagai alat interpretasi pengetahuan responden. Hasil: dari 90 responden, secara keseluruhan tingkat pengetahuan tentang Millenium Development Goals (MDG’s) baik dengan presentase 70,75 %. Simpulan: pengetahuan mahasiswa di Fakultas Kedokteran program studi Kedokteran Umum Universitas Sam Ratulangi Manado tentang tujuan dan manfaat Millenium Development Goals (MDG’s) menunjukan pengetahuan yang baik.

Promoting Health with Equitable and Sustainable Human Development

2019 ◽  
pp. 589-608
Author(s):  
Richard Jolly
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
International Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Sustainable Human Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals

Progress toward social justice in public health requires actions to reduce the extremes of social injustice, well beyond health and health services, within each country and globally. Economic inequalities have never been greater than now, although structural inequalities of power, income, and living standards have long been present throughout the world. This chapter describes how social injustice can be reduced by promoting equitable and sustainable human development. It discusses economic and social requirements for a greater justice in public health, myths about the costs of equity and social justice, and multidimensional indicators of poverty and inequalities. It concludes with a discussion of what needs to be done, including making equity an economic priority, providing international support, utilizing the Sustainable Development Goals for poverty reduction, and taking other actions toward social justice. Two text boxes address the roles of international nongovernmental organizations and foundations in promoting equitable and sustainable human development.

scholarly journals For richer, for poorer: China embraces global poverty reduction?

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Gerald Chan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Global Poverty ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Responsible Member

Has China embraced global poverty reduction? To what extent has it done so? China faces three paradoxes in trying to alleviate poverty: first, the country is on the whole getting richer, becoming one of the largest economies in the world, yet huge pockets of extreme poverty exist in the country. Second, it wants to be taken seriously as a responsible member of the international community. It would therefore like to be treated as a normal aid giver helping the poor in the developing world. Yet its own people are crying out loud for better social services at home. Third, while it wants to be respected by others in the world, it has been accused by other countries of ignoring, if not abusing, human rights in the Third World in its relentless search for natural resources, trade and investments. This paper aims to unravel these paradoxes by examining China’s foreign aid and its adherence or otherwise to the UN Millennium Development Goals. In so doing, the paper assesses China’s unilateral approach as well as its multilateral approach to poverty alleviation. It argues that China’s overall approach has become more multilateral in nature but the change has been slow and incremental. Its influence in global poverty reduction, though increasing, is still limited.

Engineering Research to Improve Cassava Processing Technology

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oladele Peter Kolawole ◽  
Leo Ayodeji Sunday Agbetoye
Keyword(s):  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Important Food ◽  
Tony Blair ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Industrial Processing ◽  
The World ◽  
Equipment Development ◽  
Development Goals

Cassava is an important food crop, and equipment development for processing it in the developing world requires more research as industrial processing of cassava is still limited. Research efforts made by local engineers need scientific improvement to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), aimed at poverty reduction over a stipulated period of time with globally defined measurable indicators of progress. The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), the Report of the Commission for Africa (popularly referred to as the Tony Blair Report), and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) are targeted at re-positioning Africa in the world economy. The need for rapid cassava processing equipment and new equipment development to significantly improve stages involved in its production process is highlighted in this paper.

scholarly journals Financial Inclusion and Crowdfunding- A study of European Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Hasnan Baber ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Market ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Sharp Increase ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Poverty Trap ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
To Come

Financial Inclusion appears to be a means of achieving the millennium development goals (MDGs) w h ic h can exterminate poverty and help populaces to come out of the trap known as “poverty trap”. Crowdfunding, on the otherhand, helps people find investors or contributors for their business or cause. They are usually people who do no t have access to the formal financial market or do not want to borrow money athighinterest rates. The study was aime d to review the position of European countries in terms of financial inclusion and Fintechfrom the Findex data 2017 from the World Bank.The crowdfunding data was gathered from the website of the European Crowdfunding Network whi c h helps to propagate the idea of crowdfunding in European countries. The study found that most countries in Europe have a high number of populationsinclusive in the formal financial system and thus can access various fi nanc ia l se rv i ce s offered by these institutions. Also, crowdfunding has seen a sharp increase in the amount of money raisedand proj ec t s funded in the last few years which was possible through the penetration of Fintechservices in these countries. The study will be helpful for the companies which want to launch their crowdfunding platforms and also for the people who like to project their business on these platforms.

scholarly journals Nigeria’s Water Challenges and the Millennium Development Goals (MDS’S)

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 99-107
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Tsegha
Keyword(s):  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Right ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Elevated Water ◽  
Global Agreement ◽  
Year 2000

Water is a pre-requisite for human health and well-being as well as preservation of the environment. It is vital to all living creatures on earth. To underscore the importance of this fact the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 2005 elevated water to the status of human right of the people. Again at its Millennium Summit in the year 2000 the UN signed up to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) which represent a global agreement by the world leaders setting out key standards that nations of the world should achieve by the year 2015. The component of water in the MDG’s is very prominent. Apart from standing alone as a principal target (Goal 8) it is also directly or indirectly related to Goals 1,4,5 and 6, a total of four other goals. This paper examines the current rate of progress in this sector vis-a-vis the MDG’s targets, whether the nation is on track or off-track in realizing this particularly essential, inclusive goal. It concludes with some suggestions in finding ways to achieve this time-bound commitment.

Good Governance, State Capacity, and the Millennium Development Goals

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin Joshi
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
State Capacity ◽  
Statistical Correlations ◽  
Governance Indicators ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Per Capita

AbstractInternational development agencies argue that “good governance” is crucial to attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but there are many ways to define and measure good governance. The paper begins by examining the World Bank’s minimal state conception of governance and then proposes an alternative approach based on strengthening state capacity. The paper tests this framework by developing a provisional Millennium Governance Index (MGI) for 126 countries. In comparative empirical analysis, the MGI has noticeably higher statistical correlations than the World Bank’s governance indicators on six out of seven MDGs even after controlling for per capita income levels.

What's Millennial about the MDGs? Discursive Boundaries of Public Health in Southeast Asia

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-33
Author(s):  
Lynn Thiesmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Basic Human Needs ◽  
Post War ◽  
Critical Aspects

The Millennium Development Goals are framed within the post-war discourses of development that also gave us Basic Human Needs and Human Security. The Goals set out a consideration of the failures of earlier strategies along with an agenda for the accelerated reduction of poverty and its accompanying human insecurities. Though the more critical aspects of the MDG discourse were sorely needed, they also left space for the repetition of earlier top–down development strategies, and, more generally, for a (re)vision and wider implementation of globalised intervention by developed countries into the less-developed. In this discourse developed countries identify needs on the part of the less-developed and then supply these needs. The ‘need’ discourse focussed on here represents inferior public health that requires services, goods and equipment to be provided by developed countries; what it ignores are negative health consequences that can arise from development schemes themselves.

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