Category:Book:Development Cooperation Handbook/MDG8

Although the world economy and security have become highly interconnected and the well being of each nation has a quick impact on the others, the nations are little prepared to work as a team in addressing the global issues. Although nations interact in a global village, they relate among themselves with inadequate spirit of solidarity.     

The MDG 8 is about promoting a healthy cooperation environment amongst nations. By making economic and political relationships fairer and dialogic, it will become possible to reduce the factors generating poverty and ignorance.

Only a fraction of the funds pledged by the UN member states for achieving the MDG goals has been provided for actions against poverty. 

However, non-government organizations, the private sector and a number of developing countries are increasingly becoming significant sources of development assistance.

A vast majority of people are opening up to curiosity about global issues and to learning from others. Today, there is greater acceptance and space also for culturally and socially diverse communities to enter into more peaceful and reciprocally fair relationships with each other.

Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future