earth institute funglode dominican republic project millennium development goals assessment lenora suki center on globalization and sustainable the at columbia university 2 mdgs in dr introduction of models economic background progress key areas shortfalls challenges trends dynamic analysis conclusions methodology 4 what are adopted un summit sept 2000 set clear targets for reducing by 2015 poverty hunger disease illiteracy environmental degradation gender disparity partnership between developed developing countries outline respective responsibilities 5 rationale mdg evaluation middle income also face aid dropped 1990s with strong growth rapid resolves some left behind despite high 6 uses database primarily millenniumindicators org unsd mi mi_goals asp 40 indicators more than 100 worldwide topics span nutrition education equality public health maternal child aids other diseases sustainability 7 cont d statistical ordinary least squares regressions dependent variable indicator independent yr ave per capita gross national
