World in Progress: Taking stock of global development
Helle Jeppesen / Charlotta Lomas September 16, 2015
The UN is to set new sustainable development goals this year, 15 years after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The results of the MDGs are mixed: Though many people are still poor, the goal to reduce absolute poverty across the world by 2015 has indeed been achieved. Also, world hunger has been reduced by almost half. But a lot remains to be done. Taking stock of the MDGs (ca 5´30)