Millennium development goals in an age of fear and loathing | Jeffery Sachs | Global development | The Guardian

Millennium development goals in an age of fear and loathing | Jeffery Sachs | Global development | The Guardian: "The world's continuing dedication to a set of global goals to fight poverty, hunger and disease is no small triumph in an era marked by cynicism, the fraying of social bonds and the widespread fears of economic dislocation. The millennium development goals have come through a week of UN summitry not only intact but invigorated. The goals, it turns out, are doing double duty: helping the poor countries to fight poverty and the rich countries to preserve a sense of social solidarity."