From MDGs to SDGs
There has been a contested debate over the viability and consistency of policies adopted and actions taken by developing countries to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). At the end…
Why have the MDGs failed?
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – an idea of the UN – proved to be a historical moment for international development in 2000. Once the proposition received a positive response,…
MDGs
This document has been released after a long wait, with the last one appearing for 2006. While it is informative in terms of the dismal progress on almost all major…
MDGs in an age of fear
The world’s continuing dedication to a set of global goals to fight poverty, hunger and disease is no small triumph in an era marked by cynicism, the fraying of social…
The MDGs given up?
The havoc wrought by the unprecedented floods will greatly increase the anxieties caused by the Planning Commission’s confession that Pakistan will not be able to achieve most of the poverty…
SDGs and the Triple C crisis
Sustainable development is a concept that aims to meet the economic, social, and environmental needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.…
Uplifting women
We welcomed the 21st century with great optimism. We entered it on the foundation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to plan a more prosperous way forward. But enter the…
Sri Lanka in crisis
Pakistan and Sri Lanka are considered friendly countries on the diplomatic front. The two countries located in South Asia are very similar to each other in several respects and both…
Progress paradoxes
A country’s economy or economic progress is an integrated model based on multiple factors, which complement each other for the overall economic development. Almost all developed countries – from the…
Ehsaas Nashonuma scale-up
Since 1967, which is when the first national nutrition survey was carried out in Pakistan, trend lines tracking nutrition outcomes have failed to show remarkable change. Rates of stunting, wasting…
