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ABSTRACT When the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) were adopted in 2000, the international
community made an unprecedented pledge to
meet the needs of the world’s poor and to safeguard
them against the threats of the twenty-first
century.2 Leaders of 147 states reaffirmed the
principles of poverty reduction, democratic governance,
and human rights protection, which have
been at the heart of the United Nations system
since its creation after the Second World War. Today
these principles demand renewed effort as
the disparities between the world’s poorest and
wealthiest are increasing, and poor people’s livelihoods
are becoming evermore vulnerable to new
socio-economic and environmental challenges.
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