Monday, January 25, 2010

Millenium Development Goals

Just to save some people time..
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

1. End poverty and hunger
2. Provide universal primary education
3. Ensure gender equality
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDs, Malaria
7. Environmental sustainability
8. Global partnership for development

Let's measure them against the S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound) criteria .. Nuff said.

What can we do to improve these goals so that they are S.M.A.R.T.? I guess we need to systematically break down the problems. The good thing about these 8 areas is that any solution used would probably be able to address at least a few areas at once.

This reminds of what Ernest Madu said in his TED speech:"The best way to spiral into poverty is to kill the parents."

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