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October 6, 2010

The Challenge of Meeting the Targets

by Farhana Urmee, The Star, Bangladesh - Bangladesh recently received a Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) award for attaining significant success in bringing down the rate of child mortality. Experts doubted the success adding that the first thing is to be considered here is to know how the government is claiming the reduction and making the estimate. Experts emphasized the necessity for amending the indicators taken into count to measure success in attaining MDG goals.

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