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A prehistory of the Millennium Development Goals: four decades of struggle for development in the United Nations.
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UN Chronicle
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December 1, 2007
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- Jackson, Peter
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When the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Millennium Declaration in 2000, the goals and targets it set in the section on development ultimately became known as the Millennium Development Goals. However, the MDGs were not part of a new agenda, but an attempt to refocus years of debate, efforts and struggle to advance the economic and social development of the world's poorest nations.
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