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MODULE 10: INCREASING ACCESS TO ENERGY SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS<br />
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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICYMAKING FOR AFRICA<br />
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)<br />
• MDGs first compiled dur<strong>in</strong>g 1990s, <strong>in</strong>itially known as the<br />
International Development Goals<br />
• Adopted by the UN 189 Member States <strong>in</strong> September<br />
2000 through the Millennium Declaration<br />
• http://www.un.org/millennium<br />
• World Bank, IMF, OECD and specialized agencies of the<br />
UN have recognized the MDGs as part of the road map for<br />
implement<strong>in</strong>g the Millennium Declaration<br />
Module 10<br />
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICYMAKING FOR AFRICA<br />
Millennium Development Goals (2)<br />
• In summary the MDGs:<br />
“Commit the <strong>in</strong>ternational community <strong>to</strong> an expanded<br />
vision of development, one that vigorously promotes<br />
human development as the key <strong>to</strong> susta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g social and<br />
economic progress <strong>in</strong> all countries, and recognizes the<br />
importance of creat<strong>in</strong>g a global partnership for<br />
development. The goals have been commonly accepted<br />
as a framework for measur<strong>in</strong>g development progress.”<br />
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