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Business Mirror: MDG compliance of RP very slow
THE United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has confirmed what Social Watch Philippines (SWP) has been saying in its critique of the national-budget inputs—the country’s achievement of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly putting an end to poverty and hunger, are not only on the brink of failure, but the trend is reversing. Renaud Meyer, UNDP country director, said on Thursday the Philippine overall performance for the realization of the MDGs—goals set by consensus by the United Nations—is deficient so that the situation is expected to get worse due to the global recession. “Unfortunately, the global recession is negatively affecting the attainment of the MDGs.”