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Millennium Development Goal
8 – To build a global partnership for development
Target – Develop further an open trading and financial system that is rule-based, predictable and nondiscriminatory.
Target – Provide more generous official development assistance for countries committed to poverty reduction.
Target – Deal comprehensively with developing countries debt problems.
The eighth goal is very important as it complements the other seven. Although it is essential that developing countries direct their own development and implement policies to achieve the other seven goals, the eighth goal shows what the world could do as a ‘community’ to aid this development.
The world trading system is currently very unfair, and biased against developing countries. Trade could bring prosperity to developing countries, if the rules were applied evenly.
The eighth goal also calls for more and better aid. Aid should be targeted at poverty reduction, and it should be given for several years at a time so that recipient countries can make proper plans.
Another way richer countries can help is to cancel developing countries’ debts. This is something richer nations could easily afford.
If rich countries give more aid, reform trade and cancel debt, it might still be possible for the world to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in 2015.
Activities for this goal include:
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Case study of a demonstration in London
Information about a Make Poverty History rally in London, which was addressed by Nelson Mandela and Bob Geldof. |
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A fair share of the profits?
Role play about who gets what share of the profits from the sale of a banana. |
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Should poor countries pay back their debts?
Pupils examine the debate about debt repayment and think about their own responses. |
Download Goal 8 poster (67KB pdf)
Download background information and activities for this poster
(107KB pdf)
From the Change the World in Eight Steps online resource.
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