Changing gears on the Millennium Development Goals in Oceania
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v5i3.4651Keywords:
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), demographic trends in Micronesia and Melanesia, Pacific Island economic activities, economic globalisation and neo-liberalism, free trade agenda, Asian Development Bank, foreign development assistance, Oceania's civil societyAbstract
Even before the onset of the global economic recession in late 2008, Sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania were deemed to be seriously lagging behind in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and there was concern that many of the goals will not be met by 2015. While the challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa are seen to be of a much higher magnitude than those in Oceania, for the latter to achieve all the goals in the next seven years requires significant new policy initiatives and their more effective implementation, as well as renewed partnerships which will drive sustainable actions towards MDGs.
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