Development Policy Branch (DPB)

The 2015 Report of the MDG Gap Task Force was launched today in New York by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Wu Hongbo and UNDP Administrator Helen Clark. The Task Force was created in 2007 to monitor Millennium Development Goal 8, Global Partnership for Development, specifically its five core domains, official development assistance (ODA), market access (trade), debt sustainability, access to affordable essential medicines and access to new technologies. This year marks the last of the series of this monitoring process with a closing report tracking 15 years of progress. As has been reported, there have been significant positive developments pointing to an effective international partnership in the five domains, but several deficits in development cooperation have continuously highlighted the need for a rejuvenation of the global partnership for development.

The 2015 Report of the MDG Gap Task Force was launched today in New York by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Wu Hongbo and UNDP Administrator Helen Clark. The Task Force was created in 2007 to monitor Millennium Development Goal 8, Global Partnership for Development, specifically its five core domains, official development assistance (ODA), market access (trade), debt sustainability, access to affordable essential medicines and access to new technologies. This year marks the last of the series of this monitoring process with a closing report tracking 15 years of progress. As has been reported, there have been significant positive developments pointing to an effective international partnership in the five domains, but several deficits in development cooperation have continuously highlighted the need for a rejuvenation of the global partnership for development.

The State of the Global Partnership for Development: In its latest report, the MDG Gap Task Force found much progress towards achieving the goals set under MDG 8.

The Global Partnership for Development: The Challenge We Face While there are advances to report in increasing access to new technologies and some essential medicines, in achieving greater duty-free access for exports from developing count

The Global Partnership for Development: Making Rhetoric a Reality In its 2012 Report, the MDG Gap Task Force has had difficulty identifying areas of significant new progress towards delivering on commitments to the Global Partnership for D

The Global Partnership for Development: Time to Deliver Significant gaps remain in delivering on the c

The Global Partnership for Development at a Critical Juncture In September 2010, world leaders will take stock of MDG achievements to date at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. Much progress has been mad

Strengthening the Global Partnership for Development in a Time of Crisis

Delivering on the Global Partnership for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals Important gaps remain in delivering on the global commitments in the areas of aid, trade, debt relief, and access to new technologies and to affordable ess