Getting Progress Right: Measuring Progress Towards the MDGs Against Historical Trends

Stephan Klasen and Simon Lange

No P60, Working Papers from FERDI

Abstract: Most numerical targets within the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are overly ambitious for the poorest countries when interpreted as country-specic goals. As a consequence, the current system undermines accountability and ownership and jeopardizes the public support the MDGs have drawn in the past. This paper proposes an alternative approach to evaluating progress towards non-income MDGs that allows a sensible appraisal of countries’ performance.

JEL-codes: I15 I18 I25 I28 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-12
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