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===Goal 4: Reduce child mortality rates=== * Target 4A: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdgmonitor.org/goal4.cfm |title=Goal :: Reduce Child Mortality |publisher=Mdg Monitor |date=16 May 2011 |access-date=18 October 2012}}</ref> Achieving the MDGs does not depend on economic growth alone. In the case of MDG 4, developing countries such as [[Bangladesh]] have shown that it is possible to reduce child mortality with only modest growth with inexpensive yet effective interventions, such as [[measles]] immunization.<ref>[http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2010/08/addressing-the-inequalities-in-child-survival/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902084512/http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/blogs/2010/08/addressing-the-inequalities-in-child-survival/|date=2 September 2010}}</ref> Still, government expenditure in many countries is not enough to meet the agreed spending targets.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Feasibility of Financing Sectoral Development Targets |url=http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/docs/6325.pdf/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005041627/http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/docs/6325.pdf |archive-date=5 October 2012 |access-date=6 February 2014}}</ref>
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