UN Millennium Project

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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

Robert B. Horsch

Robert B. Horsch is currently the Vice President, Product and Technology Cooperation of Monsanto Company with responsibility for small-holder agricultural development partnerships and public-private technology cooperation programs. From 1981-1995 he led the company's plant tissue culture and transformation efforts. Dr. Horsch was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States for contributions to the development of agricultural biotechnology. He received his PhD in Genetics from the University of California at Riverside.

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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