How many Millennium Development Goals were originally established?

How many Millennium Development Goals were originally established?

• A. 7
• B. 8
• C. 9
• D. 10

Answer: (B)

Eight. In 2000, world leaders established a compact of eight Millennium Development Goals to be pursued by 2015. This concise set grouped the major development challenges into clear targets: reducing extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and fostering a global partnership for development. The eight-goal structure was chosen to be focused and measurable, helping countries align policies and track progress. Later, the agenda evolved into the Sustainable Development Goals, which expanded to seventeen.

Eight. In 2000, world leaders established a compact of eight Millennium Development Goals to be pursued by 2015. This concise set grouped the major development challenges into clear targets: reducing extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and fostering a global partnership for development. The eight-goal structure was chosen to be focused and measurable, helping countries align policies and track progress. Later, the agenda evolved into the Sustainable Development Goals, which expanded to seventeen.