Subject(s): Governance -- Development Goals -- Why MDGs are important, where we stand, and why we're falling short -- Millennium development goals and why they matter, evaluating poverty and progress around the world, four reasons for shortfalls in achieving the goals, private and public investments to meet MDGs -- Country-level processes to achieve the millennium development goals : MDG- based poverty reduction strategies, public investments to empower poor people- rural development, rural income, urban development, health system, education, gender equality, environment, science and technology, interdependence of investment cluster, key elements for rapid scale-up, building national and local implementation capacity, funding, governance to achive the millennium development goals - investement in public administration, promoting accountability and transparency, human rights, sound economic policies in support of private sector -- Civil society's contribution to the millennium development goals - providing public advocacy for the goals, policy design, service delivery, international CSO -- Contributions of the private sector, public-private partnership, corporate governance and citizenship, Africa's special needs, MDG focused investment for Africa, Investment priorities of researching the millennium development goals in other regions, strategies for countries affected by conflict -- Recommendations for the international system to support country-level processes : Fixing the aid system, global breakthrough in trade, regional and global goods, launching a decade of blood ambition -- Costs and benefits of achieving the millennium development goals : resources required to finance the millennium development goals MDG investment needs at the country level, financing MDG investments at country level, global ODA needs for 2005, case for a decade of blood ambition - poverty reduction around the world