Poor countries promised to refocus their development efforts while rich countries pledged to support them with finance, technology, and access to their markets. But, oddly, of the eight goals, only the last one deals with “global partnership,” or what rich countries can and should do.
但仍有一个核心悖论困扰着MDG。千年宣言不啻发达国家和贫穷国家之间的契约。贫穷国家承诺重新调整发展努力，而发达国家承诺向它们提供金融、技术和市场渠道支持。但是，奇怪的是，在八个大目标中，只有最后一个是关于“全球合作”，即发达国家可以和应该怎么做的。