Abstract
Despite the skepticism and questioning of many civil society groups about the millennium development goals (MDGs), Bharati Sadasivam argues that the conversation on the MDGs has the potential to be one of the most rewarding interactions between the UN and civil society, provided both sides rise to the challenge they pose to each other.
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World Federation of United Nations Associations and the North–South Institute (2004) We the Peoples: A call to action for the UN Millennium Declaration. Civil society engagement with the Millennium Development Goals 2004. (http://www.wfuna.org/docUploads/Report%20WTP%5FEng%202004%2Epdf ).
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1The author is policy advisor with the Civil Society Organizations Division at UNDP. The views expressed here are her own.
Tackles the criticisms of the MDGs
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Sadasivam, B. Wooing the MDG-skeptics. Development 48, 30–34 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100115
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