Develop a Global Partnership for Development (MDGs’ progress & related research from PIK)

This blog-post shows positive effects and remained concerns of one of the MDG’s eight goals, ‘Develop a Global Partnership for Development’ (1). This also includes research from Pamoja Imani Kenya which relate to the concerns.

MDG #8

Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Progress

Developing countries are gaining access to developed countries’ markets.

Concerns

There is less aid money overall, with the poorest countries most adversely affected.

Research from PIK

Despite the fact that at least one mobile phone is used in most families, some still do not have any.
None of the families have the internet access at their houses or in their areas.
The internet at the internet cafes in urban areas (eg. towns) has slow connections.

1 United Nations, Millennium Development Goals website: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/; United Nations Development Programme website: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/mdgoverview.html