Millennium Development Goals

Introduction and Background: The population studied in this report is the country of Brazil, located in South America. Brazil has the 5th largest population in the world, measuring a little over 200 million people (Table 1). Brazil’s population is roughly 51% female and has a population growth of approximately 1.2% per year from 2010-2015 (United Nations, 2015). Approximately 85% of people in Brazil live in urban regions, with the majority of the rural populations consisting of indigenous…

3. The volume of foreign aid is inadequate to reduce global poverty. According to Lovett (2016), in 2014, overall foreign aid has increase by 3.5% (compare to the volume in 2013), but the volume of aid for Least Developed Countries had fallen by 4.6%. Refugee crisis contributed to this increase (ibid.). The donor countries tend to count in donor countries refugee cost as part of their ODA (ibid.). This cost increased foreign aid by $1.8 billion (ibid.). So, if we exclude the in donor countries…

highlights the gap in social services, particularly when one observes the differences in outcomes, and for those who are included or excluded from the programme. Furthermore, the lack of exit strategies can undermine the possibility of long term human development outcomes. The ideas which permeate the literature on social safety nets are poverty and vulnerability – a definition which goes much beyond the narrow economic view which equates ‘well-being’ to ‘utility’ (Britto, 2004: 9). The…

origin. From the Ebola epidemic, one can conclude: animal health issues and environmental changes do impact human health. World leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York in 2000 to create the Millennium Development Goals which are goals that would be achieved by the year of 2015. These eight goals related to global health and illness issues. Five out of the eight had relation to global eradication of health problems: (1) Reducing…

providing significant attention to educational reform efforts by concentrating solely on access to primary schooling. However, in more recent years, given the abolition of user fees combined with the push towards Education for All (EFA) and the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs), the World Bank and other multilateral agencies have cooperated in…

The negligence from the government and the selfishness of the wealthy has led the impoverished inhabitants to live in some of the cruelest environments. Slums happen to be settled in areas of the city that no one wants to occupy as it is beneath their standards. Slums are known to be overcrowded, inhospitable patches of terrain that are the most susceptible to fires, mudslides, and harm from earthquakes. The slum communities do not have adequate access to water, proper sewage disposal, maternal…

factors, child psychology is a field of studying children that is primarily focused on the child internally. Its aim is to understand and explain children’s physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development, and also, to investigate and suggest why children may experience delays in their development (Gjersoe, 2014). Childhood studies…

In today’s world, there are many global problems that we are facing in which they are beginning to affect our modern time, greatly. Poverty has become a crucial fact worldwide and has a great influence on human development. Throughout history poverty has always existed, yet in this day and age there is no difference. Just below poverty, there is human mortality. As one of the many effects of poverty, the humankind is greatly influenced health wise. When there is no money for hospitals or other…

Domestic Regulation Governing the practice of son preference in China Son preference and domestic regulations governing the practice, since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, legislations have been conventional honored to protect women and girls’ rights and interests. Notwithstanding the government has designed various programs that promote woman right, in line with national policies that forbid the practices. To protect the rights of women, China has ratified important…

countries, when it comes to the Millennium Development Goals, Chile, which seemed to have surpassed all eight goals before the goals were popular in 2000. Chile looks great on paper and excels in many areas like the global partnership, eradicating poverty, and gender equality. A brief look at Chile’s rich history paints a picture like a roller coaster full of ups and downs economically, socially and institutionally. This article will look to examine each of the 8 goals of the MDG. Furthermore,…