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In September 2000, meeting at the United Nations Millennium Summit, the world’s leaders agreed to a remarkable document, the Millennium Declaration. This was a historic achievement, not just because of the scope of the issues the Declaration covers, or its frank assessment of development issues, but because it committed the global community to a hard and specific agenda for human development. Rather than simply agreeing that development should continue along much the same lines as before, or call for general improvements, the Declaration demanded that the world set its sights higher and aim for eight specific goals, most of which were to be achieved by 2015 and for which there are now 48, mostly numerical, indicators. What subsequently came to be known as the Millennium Development Goals are:

•  Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

•  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