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The Millennium Project

Contributors:

	· Task Forces
	· Secretariat Team
	· UN Experts Group

Statements of Support:

	· by Heads of State
	· by International Organizations
	· by Civil Society and Academia

William Dar

William Dar is Director General of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), an agriculture research center supported by CGIAR. Dr. Dar has led the development of an IPR policy for ICRISAT, enhanced its technology exchange efforts, and set up a quick response mechanism to counter plant diseases and other epidemics. Prior to joining ICRISAT, he served as presidential Advisor for Rural Development and as Acting Secretary of Agriculture in the Phillippines. Dar received an M.S. in agronomy from Benguet State University and a Ph.D. in horticulture from the University of the Philippines.

As of Jan 1, 2007, the advisory work formerly carried out by the Millennium Project secretariat team is being continued by an MDG Support team integrated under the United Nations Development Program.

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Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
"Investing in Development brings together the core recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. By outlining practical investment strategies and approaches to financing them, the report presents an operational framework that will allow even the poorest countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015."

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