http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on mdgs and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/mdgs/news/ Commodity price rises are no substitute for long-term investment in infrastructure and capacity as a means of securing sustained development.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/don-t-let-price-rises-blow-development-off-course.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsFri, 08 Aug 2008 06:05:43 GMTMore efforts are needed to hold the leaders of the G8 nations to commitments made at their annual summit meetings.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/promises-promises-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsFri, 11 Jul 2008 06:04:20 GMTAfrican ministers have committed themselves to a set of actions to boost health research in their countries. Now they must implement them.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/time-to-turn-words-into-deeds-on-health-research.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsFri, 27 Jun 2008 05:11:03 GMTAfrican small-scale farmers will benefit from the rehabilitation of agricultural infrastructure, with Ghana, Madagascar and Mali first in line.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/ghana-madagascar-mali-get-agricultural-revamp.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsThu, 19 Jun 2008 12:11:09 GMTThe UK government has launched a new strategy to help developing countries apply technology to the needs of the poor.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/uk-boosts-application-and-communication-of-researc.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsWed, 23 Apr 2008 03:55:44 GMTCountries should follow Tanzania and invest in health systems, rather than projects, to meet the MDGs, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/fund-health-systems-not-projects-say-researchers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsMon, 14 Apr 2008 03:53:06 GMTThe UN is inhibiting innovation through over-regulation of new biotechnologies, argues Henry I. Miller.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/un-over-regulation-inhibits-new-biotechnologies.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsWed, 13 Feb 2008 03:44:17 GMTEven though aid alone can't solve all Africa's problems, it underpins a burgeoning number of success stories, argues DATA's Jamie Drummond.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/market-approach-to-aid-means-death-for-millions.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsWed, 31 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMTWe need accurate health statistics from developing nations to better direct research and medical interventions, says the WHO's Margaret Chan.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/chan-we-must-measure-developing-world-vital-stat.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsTue, 30 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMTAid donors should re-think their self-appointed role as saviours of the poor, and try more modest and realistic approaches, argues William Easterly.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/time-for-a-grand-rethink-of-grand-aid-plans.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsThu, 20 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMTThe prime minister of the United Kingdom has urged the global scientific community to use its skills in solving development problems.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/uk-chief-science-central-to-development-strategy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsThu, 02 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMTBrazil will not achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals as long as progress in Amazon regions continues to lag, according to a report.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/millennium-development-goals-beyond-brazils-reac.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsMon, 30 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMTNations need support to monitor the Millennium Development Goals, says Sarah B. Macfarlane. But there is progress, argues Paul Cheung.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/developing-countries-need-support-to-tackle-mdgs.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsFri, 27 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMTDeveloping countries need a huge increase in water supply if they are to meet the Millennium Development Goal on hunger, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/un-hunger-targets-may-increase-water-burden.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsFri, 13 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMTPoor quality data makes charting progress towards the Millennium Development Goals impossible, says a Nature editorial.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/mdgs-need-better-evaluation.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsThu, 22 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMTDeveloping countries may fail to meet the Millennium Development Goals' sanitation targets because they lack civil engineering capacity.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/developing-countries-may-fail-mdg-sanitation-targe.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsWed, 21 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMTChina has launched two new carbon trading initiatives to help develop its poorer regions.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/china-launches-carbon-trading-initiatives.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsWed, 07 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMTAn effective communications strategy is key for projects to achieve the millennium development goals, said delegates at a meeting last week.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/communication-is-key-to-development-say-experts.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsWed, 01 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMTNew research funding by the UK’s overseas aid agency will target key health, agricultural and environmental issues in poor countries.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/uk-aid-agency-doubles-funding-for-scientific-resea.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsFri, 14 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMTCan a handful of African villages achieve the Millennium Development Goals? Sarah Tomlin reports from Rwanda on how an aid project is acting locally for the global good.http://www.scidev.net/en/mdgs/ending-poverty-one-village-at-a-time.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_mdgsMon, 10 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/