Trade, Aid and the Millennium Development Goals-Reaching the goals in an insecure world (IISD Commentary, 2006)
Trade, Aid and the Millennium Development Goals-Reaching the goals in an insecure world (IISD Commentary, 2006)
This February 2006 commentary by IISD Project Manager, Oli Brown, reviews the world’s progress towards the 2015 Millennium Development Goals. He argues that the MDGs will never be achieved unless the international community tackles the elements of its trade and aid policies which undermine security and set back development.
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