Using indicators to encourgae development: Lessons from the millennium development goals

Abstract

The Millennium Development Goals adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2000 have established global targets for development cooperation until 2015. They are being regularly monitored, and one may already now conclude that they will be achieved unevenly across the globe. In that light, it is important to assess the usefulness of the MDGs and to start discussing a possible successor to guide development cooperation after 2015.