How to Set Goals
The intention behind the UN's Millennium Development Goals was laudable, but 11 years on, progress in achieving them has been uneven. As decision-makers start to consider what our aspirations should be after the deadline has expired in 2015, it is worth looking back at what worked, what didn’t, and how we could do better.
COPENHAGEN – At this century’s start, leaders from every country agreed to pursue the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. The ambition was to improve significantly the lot of the planet’s most disadvantaged citizens before 2015.