Editing Millennium Development Goals (section)

===Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development===
* Target 8A: Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system
* Target 8B: Address the Special Needs of the [[Least developed country|Least Developed Countries]] (LDCs)
* Target 8C: Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States
* Target 8D: Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term
* Target 8E: In co-operation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable, essential drugs in developing countries
* Target 8F: In co-operation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially [[information and communications technology|information and communications]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdgmonitor.org/goal8.cfm |title=Goal :: Develop a Global Partnership for Development |publisher=Mdg Monitor |access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref>
MDG&nbsp;8 uniquely focused on donor achievements, rather than development successes. The ''[[Commitment to Development Index]]'', published annually by the [[Center for Global Development]] in Washington, D.C., is considered the best numerical indicator for MDG&nbsp;8.<ref>{{cite web |title=Human Development Report 2003 |url=http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/hdr03_complete.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327102527/http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/hdr03_complete.pdf |archive-date=Mar 27, 2015 |access-date=6 February 2014 |website=The Millennium Project |publisher=United Nations Development Programme}}</ref> It is a more comprehensive measure of donor progress than official development assistance, as it takes into account policies on a number of indicators that affect developing countries such as trade, migration and investment.