Pogge, Thomas - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 5 (2004) 3, pp. 377-397
The first and most prominent United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG-1) has been widely celebrated. Yet, four reflections should give us pause. Although retaining the idea of "halving extreme poverty by 2015", MDG-1 in fact sets a much less ambitious target than had been agreed to at the...