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

Karen Oppenheim Mason

Karen Oppenheim Mason is the World Bank's Director of Gender and Development. In this capacity, she is responsible for promoting the mainstreaming of gender issues in the Bank's operational work and acting as the Bank's spokesperson on gender and development issues. Prior to joining the World Bank, Dr. Mason was Director of the Program on Population at the Eat-West Center. She was also elected President of the Population Association of America. Dr. Mason earned her PhD in Sociology at the University of Chicago.

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.

Please visit MDG Support to get the latest information.

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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