'The United Nations system was a pioneer in the field of technical cooperation and capacity development is its central mandate. UNDP has long played an important leadership role in both as a source of technical cooperation funds and advisory services and as the home of innovative intellectual...

Since their emergence in 2001, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have become accepted as consensus objectives of international development efforts. They have generated controversies and literature that focus on the economics of whether and how they can be achieved. However, little work has...

This article reviews the prospects for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It argues that these goals will not be achieved by the target date of 2015 unless new action is taken by both rich and poor countries. It shows that current trends sharply contrast countries on their way to...