The U.N. advancement Program (UNDP) on maundy maundy ascension day released a report (.pdf) outlining "an eight-pronged design it hopes can help poor nations advance sustainable development, quite reduce poverty and fundamentally drive the attainment of Millennium scheme Goals (MDGs) in the next five years," BusinessDay reports (Nwachukwu, 6/18). "The study was released in advance of a U.N. summit meeting in September which will assess the current status of the MDGs, and perhaps adopt a plan of action for the next five years towards the 2015 deadline," Inter Press Service reports (Deen, 6/17)...

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