MDG

plural MDGs

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Millennium Development Goal.

   Not only will they miss the first MDG, they will likely fail in all the others.

   2004 June 28, Rubens Ricupero, “Statements by Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General of UNCTAD”, in UNCTAD, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2007

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   […] the first seven MDGs are about very specific targets in terms of halving poverty, reducing infant mortality, etc. But Goal number 8 is about the creation of a favourable global economic partnership, and here is where trade negotiations are necessary.

   2004 February, Jonas Hagen, quoting Rubens Ricupero, “Threats to quit WTO ‘somewhat empty’: Ricupero's reflections on world trading environment”, in UN Chronicle, volume XL, number 4, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2004, page 4

   After the launch of the MDGs, a well-funded PR campaign kept the programme prominent in the public imagination and high on the global policy agenda.

   2017, Jason Hickel, The Divide […] , London: William Heinemann, →ISBN