But we will not reach these development goals – nor can development be sustainable – without reaching the millions of children living in the midst of humanitarian crises.
"If we really want to reach our development goals, we have to employ every single tool in the development toolbox".
Also in May this year, $5bn was promised to African countries to reach its development goals, following an injection of $5.4bn in 2008 for infrastructure development.
The SAG is concerned about the outlook for oil demand and global production, and fears it will not be able to diversify in time to reach its development goals.
No leader scheduled to speak at the summit meeting is more painfully aware of this context than President Obama, who one year ago pledged to put forth a global plan to reach the development goals.
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly applied to guide the design of resilient landscapes and cities to enable them to reach economic development goals with beneficial outcomes for the environment and society.
But as we reach the development goals' halfway point, it is more important than ever that those invested in these issues — that is, all citizens of our globe — call upon their leaders to demand that they deliver on their promises to end extreme global poverty.
But they warn that more needs to be done to reach UN development goals on reducing child mortality.
Not only may someone (or another college) be gaining on you, but, given the law of averages, you may soon anger a prospective donor (I managed to do so a few times), have a poor year in admissions (we did twice), lose a key faculty member to a competitor (I can recall three), or fail to reach your development goals.
A fundamental condition for a country to reach its development goals lies in its capacities at individual and organizational levels and in building an enabling environment.
But, warns the WDR, the greatest blocks to reaching international development goals are the chronic cycles of criminal and political violence.
