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

Peter Matlon

Peter Matlon is Deputy Director for Food Security at the Rockefeller Foundation, New York. His responsibilities include supporting the Foundation's grant making in science and technology, market development, policies and capacity building in the field of agriculture. Earlier, he held positions as: Group Leader a.i, Environmentally Sustainable Development Group of UNDP (2001), Chief, Global Programme for Food Security and Agriculture, Sustainable Energy and Environment Division of UNDP (1997-2000), Director of Research at the West Africa Rice Development Association (1988-1997. He obtained a PhD in agricultural economics at Cornell and a MPA in development economics at Princeton.

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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