Millennium Development Goals in the Pacific Relevance and Progress

Abstract

At the Monterrey Conference in March 2002, multilateral development banks, including the Asian Development Bank (ADB), reached a consensus to relate their long-term strategic frameworks to the MDGs and to examine how MDGs could be reflected in country strategies and Introduction Introduction programs. This report presents ADB’s first steps in this direction with regard to its Pacific developing member countries. It states what the MDGs are, reviews their relevance in the context of the Pacific, and assesses progress towards their achievement. It includes brief individual country assessments and a selection of ADB initiatives aimed at helping achieve progress towards the MDGs