  09 March 11 - Where are we on attaining the Millenium Development Goals? How has the financial crisis affected progress? Will they be reached in the Least Developed Countries? These questions are addressed in a two-part video, published by the UNCTAD Virtual Institute.
 09 June 10 - Development specialists told the Trade and Development Board (TDB) this morning that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including their poverty reduction targets, can best be accomplished by steps to empower the productive sectors of developing-country economies.
 08 May 09 - The European Commission´s Directorate for Development has commissioned a new report, European Report on Development, to analyze fragility in its various forms, its implications for development policies and approaches to addressing fragility, with a particular focus on Africa.
 17 Sept 08 - The current financial crisis could well become one of the worst global slowdowns in a century, warned UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi today. The depth of the still-spreading crisis could not yet be determined, he said, but it was likely to have a "major impact on the world trading system and set back progress towards the Millennium Development Goals".
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