Life after the Millennium Development Goals: Lessons Learned and Future Goal Setting
12 August 2010 LIDC - Lancet Commission Launch Programme (pdf; 23kb)
There are only five years left until the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, and debates about their progress and prospects are becoming increasingly urgent. World leaders will gather to discuss these challenges at a summit at the United Nations in New York from 20-22 September. But as well as taking action now, more and more attention is being given to what happens after the MDGs: what have been the experiences with the MDGs and what has been learned about future goal setting?
With a number of colleagues from other Bloomsbury Colleges and from around the world, Andrew Dorward and Colin Poulton have been part of a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral team writing a Commission for the Lancet on The Millennium Development Goals: A Cross-sectoral Analysis and Principles for Goal Setting Post-2015
The Commission coordinated by the London International Development Centre and to be published by The Lancet, will be launched on 13 September at a meeting in London with presentations from the team of authors and panel discussion.
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LIDC facilitates interdisciplinary research and training to tackle complex problems in international development by bringing together social and natural scientists from across the University of London's six Bloomsbury Colleges (Birkbeck, Institute of Education, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Royal Veterinary College, School of Oriental and African Studies, and The School of Pharmacy).
The Lancet – the world’s leading general medical journal - has joined LIDC in this venture because of its interest in health and international development. Health is the primary focus of three MDGs (4, 5 and 6) and a key component of three others (1, 7 and 8). The Lancet recognises the benefits of an inclusive approach and the contribution of other sectors when addressing health challenges.
