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The Millennium Project is directed by Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs. The bulk of its analytical work is carried out by ten Task Forces with support from a small central office in New York. Each Task Force is chaired by 2-5 Task Force Coordinators who guide the research effort.


 
Mandate
"Halve between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day."
Coordinators
Dr. Mari E. Pangestu
Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs
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Mandate
"Halve between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day."
Coordinators
Dr. Pedro Sanchez
Prof. M. S. Swaminathan
Reports
Halving Hunger: It Can be Done
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Mandate
"Ensure that by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling." In addition, the Task Force is also developing an operational framework of action to meet MDG 3, "Promote gender equality and empower women."
Coordinators
Dr. Nancy Birdsall
Ms. Amina J. Ibrahim
Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta
Reports

Toward universal primary education: investments,
 incentives, and institutions
Taking action: achieving gender equality and empowering
women
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Mandate
"Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate," and Millennium Development Target 6, "Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio."
Coordinators
Dr. Mushtaque Chowdhury
Prof. Allan Rosenfield
Reports
Who's got the power? Transforming health systems for women
 and children
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Mandate

The Task Force has been tasked with developing an operational framework of action for meeting MDG Targets 7,8 and 17: Millennium Development Target 7, "Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS,"
Millennium Development Target 8, "Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases,"Millennium Development Target 17, "In co-operation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable, essential drugs in developing countries."
Coordinators
Dr. Agnes Bingawaho
Dr. Jaap Broekmans
Dr. Paula Munderi
Dr. Josh Ruxin
Prof. Burton Singer
Dr. Awash Teklehaimanot
Reports
Combating AIDS in the developing world
Coming to grips with malaria in the new millennium
Investing in strategies to reverse the global incidence of TB
Prescription for healthy development: increasing access to
medicines
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Mandate
"Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources."
Coordinators
Ms. Yolanda Kakabadse Navarro
Dr. Jeff McNeely
Prof. Don J. Melnick
Reports
Environment and human well-being: a practical strategy
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Mandate
"Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation."
Coordinators
Dr. Roberto Lenton
Dr. Albert Wright
Reports
Health, dignity, and development: what will it take?
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Mandate
"By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, focusing on slum upgrading and improved urban management."
Coordinators
Dr. Pietro Garau
Prof. Elliott D. Sclar
Reports
A home in the city
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Mandate
"Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system."
Coordinators
Prof. Patrick Messerlin
Dr. Ernesto Zedillo
Reports
Trade for development
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Mandate
"In co-operation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications."
Coordinators
Prof. Calestous Juma
Dato' Ir Lee Yee-Cheong
Reports
Innovation: applying knowledge in development
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MDG Report 2005
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Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
“Investing in Development brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. By outlining practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them, the report presents an operational framework that will allow even the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.”

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