October 12, 2006
Inflicting my tendency to rant on unsuspecting readers regarding how much I dislike the current state of the world and what's not being done to help people in developing countries doesn't seem very nice, some how, especially since I can go on about development and inequality. However, international development is what I study, which is why I gave a presentation, this weekend, on maternal mortality in Africa at a conference at which one of the main themes was the Millennium Development Goals. Carol Welch, the U.S. coordinator of the Millennium Campaign gave a brief overview of the 8 goals, and it occurred to me that probably not many Americans know about them, which is too bad (and which is why this post is full of links!), since the goals are an example of one of the only times every country in the UN reached an agreement on the need to take action against poverty. So go check them out: they're pretty cool.
