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This annual report presents the most comprehensive global assessment of progress to date, based on data provided by a large number of international organizations within and outside the United Nations ...

A new analysis is the first to apply a novel metric for evaluating improvements in sanitation across individual countries between 1990 and 2015, surfacing insights that could inform further progress.

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Molly Elgin-Cossart discusses the shifting conversation on the post-2015 development agenda. World leaders are set to meet in September 2015 to agree on a set of goals to replace the Millennium ...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit next September to boost efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Coming amid mixed progress toward the ...