This fourth review of Australia’s contribution to Goal 8 of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) by Make Poverty History and Micah Challenge has two major conclusions:
- Australia’s contribution to the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) has improved greatly since the last assessment in 2007.
- There are many additional things that Australia can and should do to help developing countries reach the MDG targets.
As the deadline to achieve the MDGs by 2015 looms closer, Australia must go beyond aspirations and set concrete steps in place to give more and better aid, ensure trade justice, cancel poor country debt, support good governance and tackle climate change – to do our fair share to halve global poverty.
Please pray that Australia may further its committment to the poor and marginalised.
Pray also that the Australian Government may turn its aspirations into acts: [It is our] aspiration to achieve the 0.7 per cent target that the international community has embraced. – Kevin Rudd, speech to Lowy Institute, July 2007
Micah Challenge has released the review at http://www.micahchallenge.org.au/assets/pdf/Goal8_report_web.pdf
Helpful ‘Ekklesia’ comment at http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/10225
