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is the VOA Special English Development Report.

In September two thousand, world leaders set eight goals for bringing of people out of poverty. These became known as United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Among them: cut in the number of people living on less than one a day and halt the spread of AIDS and .

The goals also include improving survival rates for women and young children, and educating all children. Working equality between women and men and dealing with environmental like safe water are also included.

The target for reaching the goals is two thousand fifteen. We now halfway to that date and a United Nations report says results have been mixed.

For example, it the share of people in extreme poverty has fallen nearly one-third to less than one-fifth-. That was between ninety and two thousand four. If this progress continues, UN.. estimates that the poverty reduction goal will be for the world as a whole and many areas.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also noted progress in schooling efforts to save children from diseases like measles, tuberculosis malaria. However, some goals may be more of a to reach ---- for example, stopping the continued spread HIVAIDS.../.

UN.. official Salil Shetty heads the Millennium Campaign; works with local groups to remind governments of their . He says progress toward the eight goals should be nation-by-nation--. He says some of the poorest nations are the greatest gains.

Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, not expected to reach any of the goals. But Shetty says several countries are on the path toward some of them. These include Tanzania, Mozambique and Rwanda.

UN.. progress report warns that aid shortages could threaten efforts even of well-governed countries to meet the goals. says only five donor countries have met a longtime .. target for development aid. They are Denmark, Luxembourg, the , Norway and Sweden. The target is seven-tenths of one of gross national income.

The Wall Street Journal, , noted that when private aid is added to official , the United States is giving just under one percent. commentary based on a recent Hudson Institute report said is more than other countries including France, Germany and .

And that's the VOA Special English Development Report, written Jill Moss. Im Shep ONeal'.

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