World BankInternational Monetary Fund2012-05-292012-05-292008978-0-8213-7384-2https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6518The global monitoring report 2008 comes at an important time. This year marks the halfway point in the effort to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) by 2015. This is also an important year to work toward a consensus on how the world is going to respond to the challenge of climate change, building on the foundation laid at the conference in Bali in December 2007. Successfully meeting this challenge will be essential for durable progress toward the MDGs and related development outcomes. In providing an integrated assessment of the agenda for development and environmental sustainability, this year's report offers timely input on issues that will be at the center of discussions at various international forums in coming months. The report's assessment of the MDGs at midpoint presents a mixed picture. The first MDG calls for reducing extreme poverty and hunger by half. Although the poverty goal is likely to be met at the global level, thanks to a remarkable surge in global economic growth over the past decade, there are serious shortfalls in fighting hunger and malnutrition, the "forgotten MDG." High food and energy prices have brought increased attention to these issues, but more is needed. Reducing malnutrition is the MDG with a "multiplier" effect, because it is essential to success on a number of other MDGs which are unlikely to be met, including maternal health, infant mortality, and education.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO HEALTH CAREAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAIDS RELIEFAIR POLLUTIONBASIC SANITATIONBIODIVERSITYBONDCAPACITY BUILDINGCARBONCARBON EMISSIONSCARBON FINANCECHILD HEALTHCHILD MORTALITYCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLEAN WATERCLIMATE CHANGECOMMODITYCOMMODITY PRICECOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCOMPLICATIONSCOMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCYCOPYRIGHT CLEARANCECOPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTERCOUNTRY TO COUNTRYDEATH RATEDEBTDEFORESTATIONDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPING ECONOMIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDISABILITYDISASTERSDISEASESDISSEMINATIONEARLY CHILDHOODECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHEFFECTIVE USEEMERGENCY PLANEMERGING MARKETSEMERGING-MARKETEMISSIONSEMPOWERMENT OF WOMENENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY USEENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSESENVIRONMENTAL FACTORSENVIRONMENTAL GOODSENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCEENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONENVIRONMENTAL RISKENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYETHNIC GROUPEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITURESEXPLOITATIONEXPOSUREFAMILY INCOMEFINANCIAL FLOWSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL MARKETFISHERIESFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD SECURITYFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFUND MANAGEMENTGENDER DISPARITYGENDER PARITYGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTGLOBAL FUNDGLOBALIZATIONGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE INDICATORSGREEN REVOLUTIONGREENHOUSE GASGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS NATIONAL INCOMEGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHARMONIZATIONHEALTH EFFECTSHEALTH IMPACTHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH RISKSHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMSHIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEESHISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONHIVHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN HEALTHHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSHYGIENEIMMUNIZATIONIMMUNIZATIONSIMMUNODEFICIENCYINCOMEINCOME GROUPINCOME INEQUALITYINDOOR AIR POLLUTIONINDUSTRIAL WATERINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINSURANCEINTEGRATED ASSESSMENTINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLACK OF DEVELOPMENTLAND USELEGAL STATUSLIBERALIZATIONLOCAL CURRENCYLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMALARIAMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL MORTALITYMEDICAL FACILITYMEDICAL TREATMENTMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINORITYMORBIDITYMOTHERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL INCOMENATIONAL LEVELNATURAL CAPITALNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNUTRITIONOFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEOILOPECORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIESPEACEKEEPINGPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOOR PEOPLEPORTFOLIOPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOWER PARITIESPRECIPITATIONPREVENTABLE DISEASEPRICE INDEXESPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL AGEPRIVATE CAPITALPRIVATE INVESTMENTPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC GOODSPUBLIC HEALTHPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY SERVICESREMITTANCESRENEWABLE RESOURCESRISK FACTORSRURAL AREASSAFE WATERSAFETY NETSAFETY NETSSANITATIONSAVINGSSEA LEVELSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE QUALITYSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE GROWTHSUSTAINABLE USETECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESSTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRADE NEGOTIATIONSTRANSPARENCYTRANSPARENCY INITIATIVETUBERCULOSISUNSAFE DRINKING WATERVACCINATIONVACCINESVULNERABILITYWASTEWATER POLLUTIONWATER RESOURCESWETLANDSWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWORLD TRADEWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-7384-2