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The Millennium Development Goals Report asdf 2015 UNITED NATIONS Embargoed until 6 July, 10:15 am EDT (GMT-4) MDG success springboard for new sustainable development agenda: UN report Latin America and the Caribbean continue to show impressive gains in many areas, although disparities exist between the sub-regions New York, 6 JulY 2015—The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have produced the most successful anti-poverty movement in history and will serve as the jumping-off point for the new sustainable development agenda to be adopted this year, according to the final MDG report launched today by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 found that the 15-year effort to achieve the eight aspirational goals set out in the Millennium Declaration in 2000 was largely successful across the globe, while acknowledging shortfalls that remain. The data and analysis presented in the report show that with targeted interventions, sound strategies, adequate resources and political will, even the poorest can make progress. “Following profound and consistent gains, we now know that extreme poverty can be eradicated within one more genera- tion”, said Ban Ki-moon. “The MDGs have greatly contributed to this progress and have taught us how governments, busi- ness and civil society can work together to achieve transformational breakthroughs”. Goals and targets work The MDG report confirms that goal-setting can lift millions of people out of poverty, empower women and girls, improve health and well-being, and provide vast new opportunities for better lives. Only two short decades ago, nearly half of the developing world lived in extreme poverty. The number of people now living in extreme poverty has de