LIDC: Millennium Development Goal 1: Poverty and Hunger

Millennium Development Goal 1: Poverty and Hunger

Professor Andrew Dorward, of the School of Oriental and African Studies, highlights the uneven performance across continents towards achieving MDG1's targets.

LIDC: Millennium Development Goal 2: Universal Primary Education

Millennium Development Goal 2: Universal Primary Education

Professor Angela Little, of the Institute of Education, shows how MDG2s aim of universal primary education overlooks the complexity of improving education.

LIDC: Millennium Development Goal 3: Gender

Millennium Development Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women

Professor Elaine Unterhalter, of the Institute of Education, and Professor Charlotte Watts, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, pool their expertise to present a powerful critique of the narrowness of MDG3.

LIDC: Millennium Development Goal 4: Child Mortality

Millennium Development Goal 4: Child Mortality

Professor Kim Mulholland, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, focuses on inequity and and poor quality data relating to child mortality.

LIDC: Millennium Development Goal 5: Maternal Health

Millennium Development Goal 5: Maternal Health

Professor Oona Campbell, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, describes progress towards MDG5, which aims to reduce maternal mortality by three-quarters, as severely off-track.

LIDC: Millennium Development Goal 6: HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria

Millennium Development Goal 6: HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria

Professor John Porter, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, speaks of certain progress in addressing HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

LIDC: Millennium Development Goal 7: Environment

Millennium Development Goal 7: Environment

Professor Tony Allan, of SOAS and Kings College London, raises the importance of politics and governance as he discusses MDG7s aim of environmental sustainability.