Английский язык. Любинская Н.А - 20 стр.

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The goals focus the efforts of the world community on achieving significant, measur-
able improvements in people’s lives. They establish yardsticks for measuring actions,
not just of developing countries but of the rich countries whose aid programs and
trade policies affect the developing world. The MDGs also guide the World Bank and
other multilateral institutions that help countries shape and implement development
policies.
Goal 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2. Achieve universal primary education.
Goal 3. Promote gender equality and empower women.
Goal 4. Reduce child mortality.
Goal 5. Improve maternal health.
Goal 6. Combat HIV / AIDS, malaria, and other diseases.
Goal 7. Ensure environmental sustainability.
Goal 8. Develop a Global Partnership for Development.
       To meet the MDGs, a new consensus between developing and developed coun-
tries must be forged. Developing countries must improve their investment climate,
quality of governance, and institutional capacity to provide public services and em-
power the poor. They also must undertake a sequenced opening up to foreign invest-
ment and trade. Countries willing to make necessary reforms should have the re-
sources they need to tackle illiteracy, poverty, and disease. Working with the interna-
tional financial institutions, developed countries must also lower trade barriers and
improve the quantity and effectiveness of development aid.
       IV. Today the possibilities for creating global networks abound. Never before
has the developing world had such ample access to cutting-edge information and
knowledge as it now has through the Internet and other communication technologies.
Dialogues among experts, formerly so costly, are coming well within the reach of
most countries. Sharing experience can yield robust solutions for development.
       This conference represents an unprecedented opportunity to promote knowl-
edge exchange on how developing countries can implement reforms that will acceler-
ate progress towards the MDGs, and how foreign aid can be energized by a renewed
international consensus to facilitate and harmonize the progress.

       A        These goals are quite realistic.
       B        The Millennium Development Goals.
       C        The purpose of the Conference.
       D        How can countries learn from mistakes and seal up successful ap-
                proaches?

Vocabulary Practice

III. Match the key terms (1-14) with their explanations (A-N)

1. abound                        A increase, promote
2. facilitate                    B turn smth back or further away
3. disparity                     C a process of putting smth into effect or action