Progress report on Millennium Development Goals

The United Nations agreed to a set of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000, with a view to tackling global poverty. They include improving living standards in key areas such as education, employment and health care by 2015. Now, halfway to that deadline, the UN has produced a report showing how progress in meeting the goals has varied between regions—although it argues that even in the poorest area, sub–Saharan Africa, some progress has been made. For a quick look at the goals and graphic representations of progress in meeting them, go to the BBC NEWS website.