In September 2000, at the Millennium Summit, 147 heads of State or government and 189 nations in total agreed to join forces to eradicate poverty.
The Millennium Summit gave the political impetus for reform, but it was at Monterrey, Mexico, two years later, that we all spelled out the recipe for su…
Today, three years after the United Nations Conference on Financing for Development, its outcome — the Monterrey Consensus — has become the definitive framework for successful development. Developing countries and donors alike have embraced its emphasis on good governance and domestic ownership of d…
