The Millennium Development Goals – bankable pledge or sub-.pptVIP

* The Millennium Development Goals – bankable pledge or sub-prime asset? UNESCO Future Forum - 2 March 2009 Kevin Watkins and Patrick Montjourides Presentation The MDGs – Where we are today The impact of the financial crisis Risks for the MDGs Responses to the crisis The pre-crisis MDGs – the ‘good news’ report Extreme poverty – down by 320 million since 2000 (more than 1980-1999) Child mortality - 3 million fewer deaths Education - 28 million more children in school and progress on gender disparity Clean water – access improving Aid – Up from around $70 to $104bn 1999-2005 The bad news –