Michael A. Clemens|Charles Kenny|Todd J. Moss
The Trouble with the MDGs: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success
Center for Global Development|Center for Global Development|Center for Global Development
united nations millennium development goals mdgs set targets implausible large number countries many aid recipients miss goals notwithstanding rapid progress historical standards available estimates cost mdgs constitute necessary expenditures goals somehow met expenditures sufficient met aid rise necessary conditions fail materialize aid advocates claimed aid sufficient may find aid blamed false failures undermining constituency sustained engagement poor countries