Global Monitoring Report

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This third edition of the Global Monitoring Report examines the commitments and actions of donors, international financial institutions, and developing countries to implement the Millennium Declaration, signed by 189 countries in 2000. Many countries are off track to meet the Millennium Development Goals, particularly in Africa and South Asia, but new evidence is emerging that higher-quality aid and a better policy environment are accelerating progress in some countries, and that the benefits of this progress are reaching poor families. This report takes a closer look at the donors' 2005 commitments to aid and debt relief, and argues that rigorous, sustained monitoring is needed to ensure that they are met and deliver results, and to prevent the cycle of accumulating unsustainable debt from repeating itself. International financial institutions need to focus on development outcomes rather than inputs, and strengthen their capacity to manage for results in developing countries.

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35899 GLOBAL MONITORING 2006 REPORT GLOBAL MONITORING 2006 REPORT Millennium Development Goals: Strengthening Mutual Accountability, Aid,Trade, and Governance © 2006 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank 1818 H Street NW Washington DC 20433 Telephone: 202-473-1000 Internet: www.worldbank.org E-mail: [email protected] Cover design: Chris Lester, Rock Creek Creative, Bethesda, Maryland. Cover map: Map design unit of the World Bank, based on data provided by the staff of the Development Data Group of the World Bank’s Development Economics Vice Presidency. Cover photo credits (left to right, from back cover to the front): Chilean woman, Curt Carnemark; Brazilian man, Scott Wallace; Latvi