Press Release: Reform of global economic institutions, better Infrastructure, and more effective aid is key to meeting the UN Millennium Development Goals

An EU research paper on the UN Millennium Development Goals argued that the Goals are threatened by the challenges of high food and oil prices and global economic slowdown. The paper suggested that greater efforts are needed for more effective aid, investments in infrastructure to sustain growth, and that social protection should be in each country's agenda. The research was conducted by an independent group of European researchers led by Prof. François Bourguignon, Director of the Paris School of Economics.