What are UN Millennium Development Goals?

The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs):

These are a set of objectives shared through the IMF, the OECD and the World Bank (WB), and endorsed through most countries. In 2015:

• Poverty reduction: Halve hunger and poverty

• Education enrol all children into main school

• Gender equality, removing gender disparities into education

• Health: Decrease child mortality through two thirds and maternal mortality rates from three quarters. These combat HIV/Aids.

• Sustainable development: Make sure environmental sustainability and reverse the loss of environmental resources.