MDGR

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent a consensus among nations, including Eritrea, on a core agenda for development. They comprise eight global objectives, each with one or more quantitative targets, which the developing countries plan to achieve by 2015. These objectives encompass the reduction of poverty and the elimination of extreme hunger, improvements in health, education, gender equality, the environment and other aspects of human welfare and global partnership for achieving the targets.

Monitoring progress is one vital aspect of the MDGs campaign. This is done at two levels. At the international level, the UN Secretary General reports annually to the General Assembly on the global status of the MDGs. At the country level, nations are expected to prepare a MDGs report once every three years. The purpose of such country reports is to raise awareness about the MDGs and targets among all stakeholders, including the general public, civil society, and the media. Moreover, it is intended to help political leaders and decision-makers to direct development policies and strategies toward the resolution of one of the most critical issues of our time, the reduction or elimination of poverty. As crucial an issue poverty reduction is, however, it is Eritrea’s strong belief that it can be addressed effectively only in the context of an overall development strategy and not in an isolated fashion. The Eritrean MDGs Report was prepared in this context.