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The Millennium Development Goals (MDG), which set specific targets for improving conditions in the world's poorest countries and helped to frame the Gleneagles commitments, expire in 2015.

Hong Kong has not set specific targets, but it recently doubled its quota for non-local students in its public universities.

Governors were set specific targets for how many votes their region should deliver to United Russia, the ruling party.

Today's unveiling of the FA's ground-breaking initiative follows the failure of previous efforts and widespread criticism of its inability to tackle the problem and set specific targets.

Next year, Parliament is expected to vote on a bill that will call on industries to set specific targets for black ownership, define empowerment and set codes of conduct.

She encouraged the Federal Reserve to set specific targets for inflation and unemployment, to hold more press conferences to explain their actions, and publish the forecasts of each voting member of the Federal Reserve's board of governors.

Not setting a target for the latest funding round, stresses McGeough, is to avoid setting specific targets that might discourage bidders from focusing on value for money.

Afghan ownership can be demonstrated by setting specific targets for goals of good governance, rule of law, development and economic growth in genuine partnership with the international community.

But while generally praising the plan's comprehensiveness, environmentalists and other supporters of the state's goals said that it fell short on setting specific targets, and some were skeptical about how much of it would end up being implemented.

But it warns the department that its efforts will not deliver "transformative impact" until it scales up its projects, sets specific targets and indicators for its work, and collects the necessary data to help it assess whether its programmes yield value for money.

The plan, similar to efforts by other companies and to public health initiatives by New York City, sets specific targets for lowering sodium, trans fats and added sugars in a broad array of foods -- including rice, soups, canned beans, salad dressings and snacks like potato chips -- packaged under the company's house brand, Great Value.