an excellent look at the progress-and lack thereof--in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

Spotlights some of the real problems in meeting Mellennium Development Goals - the need to involve the people, the need for governers to work for the greater good. Doesn't talk about impact of war, single crop farming, refugees, global warming, general instability on the acheivement of goals. But that would take the article too far afield.

Generally good article. Comparing 1990 to 2015 in the charts is a little obfuscatory though, because the time-frame for the MDGs is supposedly 2000 - 2015 --- with the present time being the half-way point.

Well written piece that describes why social engineering projects often fail due to poorly defined goals and inaccurate or missing data used to evaluate progress.

After reading Jeffrey Sach's "The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Times" an article like this suplements Mr. Sach's perspective. I can say with an element of certainty that this article does a good job of presenting an overview of the problem. It does fall short of providing the hope that is for people who can pressure their government to provide what they have committed for helping poor countries succeed.