A listing of valuable websites, books, reports, videos, news services, and blogs for individuals, organizations, students, and teachers.
Each of the following websites provides additional facts and recent information on the Millennium Development Goals:
About the UN Millennium Goals
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
Millennium Indicators
http://mdgs.un.org
UN Millennium Project
http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/index.htm
The MDGs are being tracked and progress is being regularly updated:
2008 UN Millennium Goals Report
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/The%20Millennium%20Development%20G...
2008 MDG Gap Task Force Report: Delivering on the Global Partnership for Achieving the Millennium
Development Goals (Goal 8)
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG%20Gap%20Task%20Force%20Report%...
2007 (mid-point) report on progress to achieve the MDGs by 2015
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/mdg2007.pdf
MDG Progress Tracking with Google Earth
http://www.mdgmonitor.org/
Goal 8: Market Access Indicators by ITC, UNCTAD and WTO
http://www.mdg-trade.org/
Important United Nations and World Bank MDG-related reports:
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Recommendations of the MDG Africa Steering Group launched at African Union Summit on 1 July 2008
http://www.mdgafrica.org/achieving_mdg.html
2007-2008 UN Development Program report (Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world)
http://hdr.undp.org/en/mediacentre/
World Bank's August 2008 Poverty up-date report: The developing world is poorer than we thought, but no less successful in the fight against poverty (Policy Research Working Paper 4703)
http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&piPK=641...
The Millennium Challenge is the United States government's effort towards achieving the MDGs by 2015:
Millennium Challenge Account - Background
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/developingnations/millennium.html
Millennum Challenge Account - Status
http://usinfo.state.gov/ei/economic_issues/mca.html
Millennium Challenge Account - Budget
http://mca.gov/about/reports/congressional/budgetjustifications/budget_j...
Recent report on the United States' contributions and efforts towards achieving the MDGs:
InterAction (November 2007) - The U.S. Contribution to Reducing Global Poverty: An Assessment of the U.S. and the Millennium Development Goals
http://www.interaction.org/library/detail.php?id=6035
UN collaboration with business on universal principles and in support of MDGs:
UN Global Compact Organization
http://www.unglobalcompact.org/
2007 Global Compact Annual Review
http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/news_events/8.1/GCAnnualReview2007.p...
Bill Gates' speech about the MDGs at the UN General Assembly, September 25, 2008
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/speeches-commentary/Pages/bill-gates-unit...
Especially for teachers and students:
United Nations Works for People and the Planet
http://www.un.org/works/
CyberSchoolBus
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/mdgs/index.asp
Student Voices Against Poverty - The Millennium Campaign Curriculum Project
Lesson Plans and Resources Manual for Teachers
http://endpoverty2015.org/links/goto/180/39/links_related
Facing the Future's Resources for Educators
http://www.facingthefuture.org/ForEducators/EducatorsHome/tabid/67/Defau...
World Bank Institute Learning Resources
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/WBI/0,,contentMDK:20106337~menu...
Worldmapper: A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 600 maps.
http://www.worldmapper.org/
Going Global: Preparing U.S. Students for an Interconnected World
Asia Societyguidebook to assist secondary schools in developing students’ international knowledge and skills.
http://asiasociety.org/education/pgl/publications.htm
U.S. Presidential Candidate's Positions and Records on Global Issues
Center For U.S. Global Engagement
http://www.usglobalengagement.org/Home/tabid/655/Default.aspx
http://www.usglobalengagement.org/CandidatesCorner/tabid/674/Default.asp...
SelectSmart.com
http://www.selectsmart.com/
http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008/comparethem.html
(See below for attachment analyzing how political party platforms address MDG issues)
Additional websites to explore:
Millennium Campaign
http://endpoverty2015.org/
Millennium Promise
http://www.millenniumpromise.org/
Millennium Villages Project
http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/Alliance/Earth%20Institute%20-%20The%...
Chronic Poverty Research Centre (UK) - Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09
http://www.chronicpoverty.org/index.php
OneWorld.net Global Information Network
http://us.oneworld.net/
International Food Policy Research Institute - sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty
http://www.ifpri.org/
Books (in the PSMGP Library)
Gregory Clark. A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World, Princeton University Press, 2007.
Bill Clinton. Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, Knopf, 2007.
Paul Collier. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It, Oxford University Press, 2007
Shannon Daley-Harris and Jeffrey Keenan. Our Day to End Poverty: 24 Ways You Can Make a Difference, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc, San Francisco, 2007.
William Easterly. The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good, Penguin Press, New York, 2006.
Tony Hall. Changing the Face of Hunger, W Publishing Group, 2006.
Duncan Green. From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States Can Change the World, Oxfam International, 2008 (Complete book on-line at: http://publications.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam/add_info_052.asp).
Tracy Kidder. Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, the Man Who Would Cure the World, Random House, 2004.
C. K. Prahalad. The Future at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits, Wharton School, 2006.
Jeffrey D. Sachs. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, Penguin Press, New York, 2005.
Jeffrey D. Sachs. Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, Penguin Press, New York, 2008.
Amartya Sen. Development as Freedom, Anchor Books, New York, 1999.
George Soros. On Globalization, Public Affairs, 2002.
Joseph E. Stiglitz. Globalization and Its Discontents, Norton, 2003.
Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton. Fair Trade for All, Oxford, 2005.
Joseph E. Stiglitz. Making Globalization Work, Norton, 2006.
Muhammad Yunus. Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty, Public Affairs, New York, 1999.
Muhammad Yunus. Creating a World Without Poverty: Small Business and the Future of Capitalism, Public Affairs, New York, 2007.
Other UN Publications (available for downloading at UN web site)
Capacity Development: Empowering People and Institutions, UN Development Programme Annual Report 2008.
Making Globalization Work for All, UN Development Programme Annual Report 2007.
The State of the World’s Children 2008: Child Survival, UNICEF, December 2007.
Children and the Millennium Development Goals: Progress Towards a World Fit for Children, UNICEF, December 2007.
Progress for Children, UNICEF Statistical Review, December 2007.
State of the World Population 2007: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth, UN Population Fund.
UN Publications Catalog: https://unp.un.org/
Other Publications
State of the World’s Mothers 2008: Closing the Survival Gap for Children Under 5, Save the Children, 2008.
http://www.savethechildren.org/campaigns/state-of-the-worlds-mothers-rep...
Seattle as a Center for Global Health. Seattle City Club, July 24, 2008 (TVW Archive)
http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2008070027&TYPE=V&CFID=193...
Engineers Without Borders 2008 Annual International Conference at the University of Washington: Engineering with Soul, July 8, 2008, Bernard Amadei, professor, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder (UWTV Library)
http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displayseries.aspx?fid=5577
U.S. Africa Command. Pacific N.W. National Security Forum, June 3, 2008 (TVW Archive)
http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2008060051A&TYPE=V&CFID=19...
AFRICOM's Challenges and Opportunities. Pacific N.W. National Security Forum, June 3, 2008 (TVW Archive)
http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2008060051C&TYPE=V&CFID=19...
Fostering Democracy from the Ground Up: Combating World Poverty and the Exclusion of the Poor. UW Provost Lecture by Prof. Joel Migdal, April 29, 2008 (UWTV Library)
http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displayevent.aspx?rID=26279
Economics for a Crowded Planet. Economist Jeffrey Sachs, Seattle World Affairs Council, April 10, 2008 (TVW Archive)
http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2008040075&TYPE=V&CFID=193...
Seattle’s Growing Philanthropic Reach. Seattle CityClub panel, March 21, 2008 (Seattle Channel Archive)
http://seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=5210712
Building a Community-based Health Care Movement. Dr. Paul Farmer, November 13, 2006 (UWTV Library)
http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displayevent.aspx?rID=9142
Computer Technology: Solving Public Health Challenges. Neal Lesh, April 19, 2005 (UWTV Library)
http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displayevent.aspx?rID=3915
C-SPAN Video Library (searchable - Jeffrey Sachs, as example)
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_...
UN Wire (United Nations Foundation)
http://www.smartbrief.com/un_wire/
Crash course on the MDGs (UW Department of Global Health)
http://depts.washington.edu/deptgh/ghrc/media/index.html (mp3, 14 mnutes)
Bread Blog (Bread for the World)
http://www.breadblog.org/
End Poverty Blog (Concern Worldwide, ONE Campaign, Oxfam International, Millennium Campaign)
http://endpovertyblog.org/
Global Development Matters Blog (Center for Global Development)
http://blog.globaldevelopmentmatters.org/
Ideas for Development Blog (several international sponsors)
http://www.ideas4development.org/en
Millennium Challenge Account Monitor Blog (Center for Global Development)
http://blogs.cgdev.org/mca-monitor/
ONE Blog (ONE Campaign)
http://action.one.org/blog/
ODI Blog (Overseas Development Institute – UK)
http://blogs.odi.org.uk/blogs/main/default.aspx
Poverty and Growth blog (Poverty and Growth Program of the World Bank Institute)
http://pgpblog.worldbank.org/node
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