Editing Millennium Development Goals (section)

===Equity===
Further developments in rethinking strategies and approaches to achieving the MDGs include research by the [[Overseas Development Institute]] into the role of [[equity (economics)|equity]].<ref name="ODI2">MDGs Targets for 2005 and 2015 [https://www.iied.org/achieving-millennium-development-goals Achieving the Millennium Development Goals], ''IIED''</ref> Researchers at the ODI argued that progress could be accelerated due to recent breakthroughs in the role equity plays in creating a [[virtuous circle and vicious circle|virtuous circle]] where rising equity ensures the poor participate in their country's development and creates reductions in poverty and financial stability.<ref name="ODI2" /> Yet equity should not be understood purely as economic, but also as [[equity (legal concept)|political]]. Examples abound, including Brazil's [[cash transfers]], [[Uganda]]'s eliminations of user fees and the subsequent huge increase in visits from the very poorest or else [[Mauritius]]'s dual-track approach to liberalization (inclusive growth and inclusive development) aiding it on its road into the [[World Trade Organization]].<ref name="ODI2" /> Researchers at the [[Overseas Development Institute|ODI]] thus propose equity be measured in league tables in order to provide a clearer insight into how MDGs can be achieved more quickly; the ODI is working with partners to put forward league tables at the 2010 MDG review meeting.<ref name="ODI2" />