UN Millennium Development Library: Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals

This book describes the importance of the millennium development goals and gives an explanation of the progress toward the goals. It provides recommendations to be implemented at the country level and presents a guide for the international system's support for the country-level processes.

Jeffrey D. Sachs is Project Director of the UN Millennium Project and its Task Forces, which comprise more than 250 experts from around the world, including scientists, development practitioners, parliamentarians, policy-makers and representatives from civil society, UN agencies, the World Bank, the IMF and the private sector