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标题：Millennium Development Goals: A Concern Over Sub-National Variations
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作者：Stephanie Rossouw ; Don J. Webber
期刊名称：International Business & Economics Research Journal
印刷版ISSN：1535-0754
电子版ISSN：2157-9393
出版年度：2011
卷号：10
期号：3
页码：127-136
语种：English
出版社：The Clute Institute for Academic Research
摘要：Millennium development goals (MDGs) were agreed upon by 192 countries in the year 2000 and are due to be achieved by 2015. This paper highlights that MDGs deal with national averages and their achievement may hide sub-national variation. Sub-national variation in the ability to achieve development goals should be expected because government spending would achieve such goals faster if it were targeted at areas where the required improvements are smaller, as is often the case in city-regions. Rural and dispersed populations may gain little from MDGs, at least in the short run. Data analysis of South African Magisterial Districts highlights this issue.
关键词：Millennium Development Goals;Sub-national variation;City-region;Urban bias