Should the roles of companies and foundations be harmonized with the individual country MDG-related poverty reduction strategies?
The Millennium Project has recently encouraged countries to design their Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs) around the eight MDGs. This will help countries to achieve a greater degree of harmony and consistency in the mobilization and use of donor funds. Furthermore, the MDGs set time-bound and quantitative targets, and thereby help to set the framework for outside assistance. On a similar note, the UN Millennium Project encourages public-private partnerships. Private firms often have the expertise in delivery and logistics to deliver publicly financed goods and services efficiently and at scale. Public-private partnerships in the context of MDG-based poverty reduction strategies will be another effective way for private companies to become actively involved in the fight against extreme poverty. Is there a danger that the Quick Wins suggested in Investing in Development might not be sustainable? After all, earlier mass vaccination programmes were thought to have eliminated diseases th
