The turn of the century was marked by some significant and promising events for world development. The Millennium Declaration - signed by 189 countries in September 2000 - led to the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which set clear targets for eradicating poverty and other sources of human deprivation and promoting sustainable development. Following other major international meetings came broad agreement on the goals and strategies to achieve them. The task now is implementation - to translate vision into action. Drawing attention to priorities for action and related accountabilities, the new Global Monitoring Report provides an integrated assessment of the policies and actions by developing countries, developed countries, and international financial institutions that are needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Produced in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international partners, the Report provides an assessment of how the various parties are playing their part under the agreed upon development partnership and highlights progress on the development policy agenda.
