A set of eight broadly supported, comprehensive and specific goals developed by the United Nations in 2000 that provide concrete, numerical benchmarks for tackling extreme poverty in its many dimensions. Targeted for completion by 2015, the MDGs form a blueprint agreed to by all of the world's countries and all of the world's leading development institutions to meet the needs of the world's poorest. (Source: UN)
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