INTL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Millennium Challenge Corporation, Millennium Development Goals, Kofi Annan
18 Jan 2017
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Call for member states to end poverty and inequality, improve education, halt the spread of hiv/aids, protect the environment, and protect people from violence and conflict. World bank: 1. 4 billion people live on less than . 25 a day. 760 million people lack access to clean water. 2. 5 billion people lack access to proper sanitation. Maslo(cid:449)"s hierar(cid:272)hy of (cid:374)eeds: needs affe(cid:272)t (cid:373)oti(cid:448)atio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d parti(cid:272)ipatio(cid:374) i(cid:374) so(cid:272)iety. Expected to meet first mdg of cutting poverty in half by 2015. Education: growth, but still preferential towards boys. Provides economic assistance to countries in response to mdgs. Threshold: smaller, must work to meet criteria, can then get a compact. Selected for a threshold grant in 2004. After working on the indicators, qualified for a compact in 2006. Negotiation of agreement halted due to change of government and following crisis. Affects women and young people the most. Sub-saharan africa heavily affected, but rising in caucasus and central asia.
