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Global Partnerships

The Growth of Collaborations to Improve Human Life

Posted on January 27, 2004

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• The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) set by the UN consist of eight goals to improve the human condition by 2015. Goal 8 --to develop a global partnership for development -- is the most inclusive and complex of the MDGs. It consists of seven specific targets where global partnerships can make a difference in quality of life in poor countries and up to 16 indicators that can measure their success on the ground. From partnerships that promote trade and debt reduction to those facilitating decent work for youth and access to affordable drugs in developing countries, Goal 8 requires a commitment of all players to work as partners unparalleled in human history.

• This Cross-Topic Special on global partnerships reflects a growing focus by the Development Gateway on how what we do relates to the MDGs. Topic pages with highlights relevant to Goal 8 targets are identified, while others reaffirm the momentum toward global partnerships in topics indirectly related to the MDGs. With renewed interest today in partnerships for global security, the momentum is growing. Georg Kell, executive head of the UN's Global Compact, talks with the Gateway about progress in advancing the partnership model.

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Population and Reproductive Health
	Sector-Wide Approaches (SWAps) in health, education and other areas is premised on the belief that health development advances through a coordinated, rather than fragmented, approach. More

Business Environment
	Country partnerships with international business and labor organizations help governments and NGOs by capacity building for good business practices.More

Governance
	A project by U.S.-based RTI advances public-private sector partnerships to encourage good governance in developing countries. More

Microfinance
	Why access to microfinance in the developing world matters in achieving MDG Goal 8. More

Non-governmental Organizations
	The Impact Alliance is a global alliance that, through partnerships, stimulates new standards of innovation and excellence in the capacity building field. More

Privatization
	African Privatization Network is a partnership among agencies in 11 sub-saharan African countries working to promote the concept of privatization and its implementation. More

Trade and Development
	What progress has been made toward creating an international trading system that provides greater access to exports from Least Developed Countries. More

Afganistan Reconstruction
	Land-locked Afghanistan is heavily dependent on trade route arrangements with neighboring states.More

Food Security
	Does the breakdown of the Cancun agriculture trade negotiations indicate that the WTO is a failed global partnership? More

Foreign Direct Investment
	FDI is often viewed as a non-debt creating flow of capital that can complement other sources of external finance.More

Youth for Development
	The Youth Employment Network (YEN) was created under the impetus of the Millennium Declaration to implement strategies that give young people a chance to find decent and productive work. More

HIV/AIDS
	The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS is a rapidly expanding alliance of international companies dedicated to combating the AIDS epidemic through the business sectors unique skills and expertise.More

Culture and Development
	The Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity is a UNESCO program that fosters growth in the cultural industries of developing countries through partnerships. More

ICT for Development
	The Development Gateway Foundation recounts its own experience in building wide-ranging partnerships that provide access to knowledge for development. More

DG Expert Perspective:
UN Global Compact: Preaching Partnerships from the Bottom-Up

Georg Kell

Georg Kell is Executive Head of The Global Compact, overseeing a network of more than 1,000 companies, international labour, NGOs and other civil society groups. Kell was one of the chief architects of The Global Compact initiative, launched by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in July 2000 to promote good corporate citizenship and responsible globalization. He holds advanced degrees in economics and engineering from the Technical University Berlin and formerly worked with UNCTAD in Geneva and New York. More

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