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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the Asia‐Pacific region: The role of international assistance |
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| Authors: | Simon Feeny Matthew Clarke |
| Affiliation: | 1. School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University, Level 12, 239 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia. Email: simon.feeny@rmit.edu.au;2. School of International and Political Studies, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia. Email: matthew.clarke@deakin.edu.au |
| Abstract: | Abstract: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a set of international development targets agreed to by members of the United Nations in 2000. The goals aim to improve many of the dimensions of extreme poverty and are to be achieved by 2015. This paper provides an overview of the issues relevant to the achievement of the MDGs in the Asia‐Pacific region. The paper begins by discussing the critiques of the MDGs before assessing whether countries in the region are on track to achieve them. Issues relating to data availability and accuracy are discussed and the need to tailor the MDG targets to the special circumstances of some Asia‐Pacific countries is examined. The paper proceeds by discussing the role of international assistance via international foreign development aid and non‐governmental organisations in the achievement of the MDGs. The paper concludes with some policy implications for the international donor community. |
| Keywords: | foreign aid Millennium Development Goals non‐governmental organisations |