MDG 8 Develop a Global Partnership for Development

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MDG 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

a. Develop further an open trading and financial system that is rule-based, predictable, and non-discriminitory -- includes a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction -- nationally and internationally.

b. Address the least developed countries' special needs. This includes tariff- and quota-free access for their exports; enhanced debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries; cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous offical development assistance for countries commited to poverty reduction.

c. Address the special needs of landlocked and small island developing States.

d. Deal comprehensively with developing countries' debt problems through national and international measures to make debt sustainable in the long term.

e. In cooperation with the developing countries, develop decent and productive work for youth.

f. In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries.

g. In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies -- especially information and communications technologies.

h. In addition, the world Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 26 August-4 September 2002) called for halving the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015.

*** All goals measured against baseline year 1990.

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MDG 8 Develop a Global Partnership for Development