In less than a month’s time, the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation will hold its first high-level meeting in Mexico City.
Conceived at the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea, in 2011, the Global Partnership helps nations, business and organizations work better together to end poverty.
The Millennium Development Goals deadline of 2015 is fast approaching. Phenomenal gains have been made, yet poverty still afflicts one in seven people — and one in eight still goes to bed hungry.
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About the author
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is currently chair of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and senior adviser at Lazard. She is also chair of the board of the African Union's African Risk Capacity, an innovative weather-based insurance mechanism for African countries.
