- In September 2002 the United Nations set the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), with a target date of 2015 for achievement to:
- Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/Aids, malaria, and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Develop a global partnership for development
- September 22-26, 2008 the United Nations convened a High-level Event to fulfill its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and received commitments of $16 billion to address poverty and hunger, education and health, and environmental sustainability including 1.6 billion for food security, over 4.5 billion for education, and $3 billion to combat malaria. Between 2000 and 2006, the 25 countries with the highest incidences of death from malaria reported a 50% reduction in deaths by malaria. The United States committed to the following: (1) $61 million over the next 5 years small-scale African farmers with seeds and tools and (2) 1.2 billion over 5 years on health workforce development targeting Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, and Zambia.
- November 29 – December 2, 2008 the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus was convened in Doha, Qatar. The first International Conference on Financing for Development was held in 2002 in Monterrey, Mexico for the purpose of establishing, fine tuning, and monitoring progress on the MDGs to eradicate poverty, achieve sustained economic growth and promote sustainable development. The United States sent a representative, an alternative representative, and 34 advisers to the follow-up conference.
- The Follow-up Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus (2008) addressed the lack of private resources that have been committed to poor countries, “In this context, we will strengthen national, bilateral and multilateral efforts to assist developing countries in overcoming the structural or other constraints which currently limit their attractiveness as a destination for private capital and foreign direct investment. To that end, we acknowledge the need to particularly assist those countries that have been at a particular disadvantage in attracting such flows, including a number of African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and countries emerging from conflict or recovering from natural disasters. Such efforts could include the provision of technical, financial and other forms of assistance; the promotion and strengthening of partnerships, including public-private partnerships; and cooperation arrangements at all levels.”
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- 1970, the United States along with the world’s other richest countries agreed to give 0.7% of their gross national income (GNI) to international development aid, annually. The US is often the largest donor in dollar terms, but often ranks amongst the lowest in terms of meeting the stated 0.7% target. In 2010 the United States gave just above 0.2% of its GNI. The countries with the highest rates of giving are: Norway, Luxembourg, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands
- Private citizens in the United States give twice as much to overseas programs and initiatives their
government does.
- In 2009 the charitable donations from the US totaled $128.2 billion.
- Foundations: $4.6 billion
- Corporations: $8.9 billion
- Private and Voluntary organizations: $12.0 billion
- Volunteerism: $3.0 billion
- Universities and Colleges: $1.8 billion
- Religious organizations: $7.2 billion
- Private Remittances: $90.7 billion
SOURCES
- United Nations, “UN Millennium Project”, http://www.unmillenniumproject.org.
- United Nations, “High-level Event” and “2008 MDG Malaria Summit”, http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
2008highlevel/commitments.shtml.
- United Nations, “Financing for Development” and “Report of the Follow-Up International Conference
on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus”,
http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/.
- http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/doha/
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http://www.globalissues.org/article/35/foreign-aid-development-assistance#
GovernmentsCuttingBackonPromisedResponsibilities
- http://www.globalissues.org/article/35/foreign-aid-development-assistance#
GovernmentsCuttingBackonPromisedResponsibilities
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http://www.hudson.org/files/documents/2011%20Index%20of%20Global%20
Philanthropy%20and%20Remittances%20downloadable%20version.pdf pg. 9
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