UK welcomes Sachs plan to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

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Hilary Benn welcomed Jeffrey Sachs' UN Millennium Project Report, which was published on Monday, 17 January 2005, and recognised that the report will be crucial in building international support for increased aid levels. More on the Millennium Project Report

He stated: 

"By investing in development now rather than waiting 10 or 20 years we will significantly reduce the costs in future years because it will be cheaper to take the actions recommended by the report today.

Aid on the right scale can help Africa achieve the MDGs. Making the aid system more effective through better co-ordination and harmonisation is one of my top priorities for 2005."

Read Hilary Benn's full statement(65 KB)

• Read the Millennium Project Report
• BBC: UN unveils world poverty report (17 Jan, 2005)

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