Editing Millennium Development Goals (section)

== Funding commitment ==
Over the past 35 years, UN members have repeatedly "commit[ted] 0.7% of rich-countries' [[Measures of national income and output|gross national income]] (GNI) to [[Official development assistance|Official Development Assistance]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Press Archive |url=http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/press/07.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218162526/http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/press/07.htm |archive-date=18 February 2015 |access-date=14 October 2012 |publisher=UN Millennium Project}}</ref> The commitment was first made in 1970 by the [[UN General Assembly]].

The text of the commitment was: "Each economically advanced country will progressively increase its official development assistance to the [[Developing country|developing countries]] and will exert its best efforts to reach a minimum net amount of 0.7 percent of its gross national product at market prices by the middle of the decade."<ref name="unmillenniumproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/reports/costs_benefits2.htm |title=Publications |publisher=UN Millennium Project |date=1 January 2007 |access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref>

The attention to well-being other than income helps bring funding to achieving MDGs.<ref name="idrc.ca">{{cite book |last1=Deneulin |first1=Séverine |author-link1=Séverine Deneulin |title=An introduction to the human development and capability approach freedom and agency |last2=Shahani |first2=Lila |publisher=Earthscan International Development Research Centre |year=2009 |isbn=978-1844078066 |location=Sterling, Virginia Ottawa, Ontario}}</ref> Further MDGs prioritize interventions, establish obtainable objectives with useful measurements of progress despite measurement issues and increased the developed world's involvement in worldwide poverty reduction.<ref name="haines">Andy Haines and Andrew Cassels. 2004. "Can The Millennium Development Goals Be Attained?" ''BMJ: British Medical Journal'', Vol. 329, No. 7462 (14 August 2004), pp. 394–397</ref> MDGs include gender and reproductive rights, environmental sustainability, and spread of technology. Prioritizing interventions helps developing countries with limited resources make decisions about allocating their resources. MDGs also strengthen the commitment of developed countries and encourage aid and information sharing.<ref name="idrc.ca" /> The global commitment to the goals likely increases the likelihood of their success. They note that MDGs are the most broadly supported poverty reduction targets in world history.<ref name="undp.org">United Nations. 2006. "The Millennium Development Goals Report: 2006." United Nations Development Programme, www.undp.org/publications/MDGReport2006.pdf (accessed 2 January 2008).</ref>

The [[International Health Partnership]] (IHP+) aimed to accelerate MDG progress by applying international principles for effective aid and development in the health sector. In developing countries, significant funding for health came from external sources requiring governments to coordinate with international development partners. As partner numbers increased variations in funding streams and bureaucratic demands followed. By encouraging support for a single national health strategy, a single monitoring and evaluation framework, and mutual accountability, IHP+ attempted to build confidence between government, civil society, development partners and other health stakeholders.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.uhc2030.org/about-us/history/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001032849/https://www.uhc2030.org/about-us/history/ |archive-date=2017-10-01 |access-date=2 December 2024 |website=UHC2030 |language=en}}</ref>

=== European Union ===
In 2005 the [[European Union]] reaffirmed its commitment to the 0.7% aid targets, noting that "four out of the five countries, which exceed the UN target for ODA of 0.7%, of GNI are member states of the European Union".<ref>{{cite web |title=External Relations Council, Brussels 24 May 2005 |url=http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/EUExternalRelations24May.pdf |access-date=18 October 2012 |publisher=Unmillenniumproject.org}}</ref> Further, the UN "believe[s] that donors should commit to reaching the long-standing target of 0.7 percent of GNI by 2015".<ref name="unmillenniumproject.org" />

=== United States ===
However, the United States as well as other nations disputed the [[Monterrey Consensus]] that urged "developed countries that have not done so to make concrete efforts towards the target of 0.7% of gross national product (GNP) as ODA to developing countries".<ref>{{cite web |title=United Nations Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development |url=http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/07_aconf198-11.pdf |access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.usunnewyork.usmission.gov/fact_sheet/ecosoc_Chapter_4_apr15.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508175513/http://www.usunnewyork.usmission.gov/fact_sheet/ecosoc_Chapter_4_apr15.pdf|date=8 May 2009}}</ref>

The US consistently opposed setting specific foreign-aid targets since the [[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]] first endorsed the 0.7% goal in 1970.<ref>{{cite news |last=Engardio |first=Pete |date=2 September 2005 |title=Bush Balks at Pact to Fight Poverty |url=https://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/3790_file_BW_9_2_05.pdf |access-date=2021-05-13 |work=BusinessWeek online}}</ref>

=== OECD ===
Many [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD) nations, did not donate 0.7% of their GNI. Some nations' contributions fell far short of 0.7%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Poverty Can Be Halved If Efforts Are Coupled with Better Governance, says TI |url=http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/endorse_TI_19Jan05.pdf |access-date=18 October 2012 |publisher=UN Millennium Project}}</ref>

The Australian government committed to providing 0.5% of GNI in International Development Assistance by 2015–2016.<ref>[http://www.ausaid.gov.au/media/release.cfm?BC=Media&ID=5854_3696_6753_7484_7221] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401231906/http://www.ausaid.gov.au/media/release.cfm?BC=Media&ID=5854_3696_6753_7484_7221|date=1 April 2012}}</ref>