The UN’s Millennium Development Goals: Why Were They Set, Are They Attainable?

In an effort to make strides in international development, the United Nations set targets for its members in areas including poverty alleviation, reduction in child mortality, and the promotion of gender equality to be completed by the year 2015. The International Public Service Association at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, will explore the goals at its 2005 conference.

Who:

Guest Speakers

• Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The United Nations Millennium Project, Professor of Sustainable Development and Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University
• William Easterly, Professor of Economics, New York University
• Elizabeth Littlefield, CEO, The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor

Panelists

• H.E. Ambassador Teruneh Zenna, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the United Nations
• Dr. Sanjay Sinho, Senior Technical Advisor, CARE USA
• Luis Davila Ortega, Assistant Director, Global Youth Action Network

When: Friday, March 25, 2005, 12:30pm-4:30pm Where: NYU Wagner, The Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor

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