Millennium Development Goals Conference Papers

Presenters at the MDG Conference, from left to right: HE Charles Lepani, HE Lenin M Shope, HE Baroness Amos, Marc Purcell, Megan Anderson, Dennis Altman

Some video files of keynote and plenaries - Apple iTunes

Below you will find links to the papers delivered at the Millennium Development Goals Conference (Nov 2009).

Conference Papers
Name	Affiliation	Title of Paper
Anderson, Tim	University of Sydney	The case for an 'enhanced' Human Development Index (62KB)
Baghwan-Rolls, Sharon	University of Melbourne	Gender equality commitments: a reality check - making the connection with Women's Peace and Human Security priorities (218KB)
Cardinal, Nicole	Save the Children, Australia	MDG 4: The Australian Context (377KB)
Carman, Marina	HIV Consortium	Civil society and the global HIV response. (83KB)
Cheer, Joseph	Monash University	Examining the efficacy of pro-poor tourism development in Pacific Island countries
Chen, Carlyn	TEAR Australia	Voices for Justice: A case study of mobilising the grassroots in Australia to speak up in support of the MDGs (2568KB)
Cilliers, Elizelle	North West University, South Africa	Sustainable development, urban planning and the next generation (203KB)
Clarke, Mathew & Rae, Lindsay	World Vision	The religion and development nexus (167KB)
Clarke, Matthew	Deakin University	Beyond the current MDGs: Tailoring development goals
Cousins, Steph	Oxfam	Underdevelopment, conflict and mass atrocity crimes: when states fail to prevent.
Cousins, Steph	Oxfam Australia	The arms trade treaty and sustainable development
Davidson, John	AusAID	Supporting the provision of basic services to the poor: the role of Australian aid in helping meet the MDGs
Davis, Thomas	University of Melbourne	The MDGs and the incomplete relationship between development & foreign aid (152KB)
Deany, Paul	Australian Federation of Disability Organisations	Disability Rights and the MDGs
Denning, Glenn	Earth Institute, Columbia University	The End of Hunger? (2921KB)
Deverauk, Peter	Murdoch University	Volunteering for development and environmental sustainability - a relational approach to the MDGs and beyond
Doolan, Brian	Fred Hollows Foundation	MDG 1 – Sight for Sore Eyes
Dovey, Kim	University of Melbourne	Informal Settlements and the Politics of Visibility
Duke, Trevor	University of Melbourne	The challenges of achieving MDG-4 targets in the Pacific
Dwan, Peter	Wateraid Australia	Water, sanitation & hygiene - vital yet poor cousins within the MDG project (1661KB)
Fanany, Ismet	Deakin University	Islam as a social & political force & Indonesia's MDGs (88KB)
Feeny, Simon	RMIT & Oxfam	What do we know (and what don’t we know) about the impacts of the GEC in the Pacific? (134KB)
Finnigan, Gerald	World Vision	A Framework for Climate Change responses
Finnigan, Gerard	World Vision	Integrated programming to address child Mortality
Gagnon, Jean-Paul	QLD University of Technology	Necessary but not sufficient - accelerating progress and looking beyond the MDGs (317KB)
Gersbeck, Jennifer	Vision 2020	Vision 2020 Australia and the Avoidable Blindness Initiative (376KB)
Goddard, Trevor	Curtin University	Preparing global citizens through a clinical service program: Using the MDGs to inform the future development workforce (170KB)
Goldie, Jenny	Sustainable Australia	What are the implications of peak oil, population growth and climate change on the MDGs (399KB)
Halcrow, Gabrielle & Willets, Juliet	International Women’s Development Agency & University of Technology, Sydney	Two MDGs for the price of one: Gender in Pacific WASH (1251KB)
Hall, Jo	AusAID	Donor engagement with civil society (1512KB)
Handby, Robert	Australian Red Cross	Water and sanitation programming in Timor- Leste
Hauwitz, Alan	James Cook University	Trialling the Millennium Villages project in PNG (2756KB)
Hinton, Rachel	Oxfam Australia	Reducing armed violence and human insecurity in PNG
Hocking, Andrew	IBM Australia	IBM’s World Community Grid: furthering the MDGs
Hocking, Russell	Australian Volunteers International	International volunteers, capacity development and the MDGs: ethical and effective contributions to international development
Hutchison, Jane	Murdoch University	Political economy of development effectiveness: the ADB’s Slum Eradication Program in Manila
Ingram, Mark	CEO, Business for Millennium Development	Business and the Millennium Development Goals
Jakimow, Tanya	University of Melbourne	Communicating MDGs to the grassroots
Jiang, Min	Victoria University	Tourism, the MDGs and climate change in the South Pacific islands (242KB)
Joshi, Anuradha	Institute for Development Studies, UK	Social Accountability and the MDGs
Joyce, Brendan	Palms Australia	Can volunteers achieve MDGs without damaging unintended consequences? (65KB)
Kahla, Victoria	Plan Australia	Local connections and global citizenship
Kelly, Eileen	Marie Stopes International	5A + 5Bn = 2015: Accelerating the provision of SRH services in achieving MDG 5 (3512KB)
Kidu, Dame Carol	Minister for Community Development, Papua New Guinea	Do we need the Millennium Development Goals? (6889KB)
Lakha, Salim	University of Melbourne	Social protection and poverty alleviation in India: Lessons from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (408KB)
Langmead, Ruth	Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development – Solomon Islands	Inclusive goals, inclusive gains: Education as a catalyst closing the gap of disability (1849KB)
Law, Archie	ActionAid Australia	Meeting the MDGs through human rights based approaches
Lenneberg, Conny	World Vision	Doing development differently
Lewis, David	CBM Australia	Disability Inclusion and the MDGs (1297KB)
Luke, Garth	World Vision	Increasing donor country and multilateral accountability to the MDGs (626KB)
Marasinghe, Sanjeewani	Plan Sri Lanka	Factors influencing sustainable organic home gardening in Anuradhapura District in Sri Lanka'
Mayerson, Deboarh	University of Queensland	R2P and MDG: Commonalities and Opportunities for collaboration (1387KB)
MacIntosh, Andrew	Australian National University	New Challenges for Development: managing the climate and energy revloution. (4035KB)
McKay, Julie	UNIFEM	MDGs unobtainable without addressing gender
Mcloughlin, Steven	University of Queensland	Botswana, R2P and MDGs (427KB)
Moran, Mark	World Vision	Coping with complexity: The remote interface of the governance system in Australia (396KB)
Ngwenya, Elakana	University of Tasmania	A framework for examining micronutrient food security: Evidence from Vietnam & PNG
O’Connor, Simon	Deakin University	TBA
Ogunmola, Dele & Badmus, Isiaka	University of New England	Meeting the challenges of MDGs in Nigeria (198KB)
Parks, Will & Yoshihara, Reiko	UNICEF & UTS	Children of the Pacific and the global economic crisis
Roche, Chris & Hoffstaedter, Gerhard	Oxfam / La Trobe University	All the world's a stage … Structure, agency & accountability in international aid (55KB)
Schlenther, Gerhard	International Centre for Eyecare Education	MDG3 - Addressing Eye Health Gender Disparities (1365KB)
Spaaij, Ramon	La Trobe University	Sport as a vehicle for international development: Moving the goalposts (482KB)
Taylor, Bill	City University of Hong Kong	Can MDGs be achieved without civil society? Mixed messages from China (116KB)
Thorold, Alan	University of Melbourne	Madonna, Moyo and the MDGs
Toole, Mike	Burnet Institute	Linking HIV responses with the other MDGs (1076KB)
Van Kooy, John	World Vision	Improving the lives of slum dwellers (336KB)
Vandermoortele, Jan	Formerly UNDP / UNICEF - KEYNOTE SPEAKER	The MDG Conundrum: Meeting the Targets without Missing the Point (319KB)
Walji	CMB / Nossal	Including people with disabilities in the MDGs: good principles and practical ideas for effective inclusion
Walker, Bill	World Vision	Beyond the current MDGs: What's next?
Walton, Grant	University of Melbourne	Corruption and the MDGs: Lessons from Papua New Guinea
Ware, Anthony	Deakin University	Consequences of sanctions: Are the MDGs relevant in Myanmar?(352KB)
Weber, Heloise	University of Queensland	Missing the target: The MDGs and poverty
Willetts, Juliet	University of Technology, Sydney	Using multiple points of leverage: Engendering action on water and sanitation (1779KB)
Yaru, Benedict	Oil Search Limited	Contributing to the MDGs in the Southern Highlands of PNG
Winterford, Keren	UTS / World Vision	Constructive dialogue: Increasing citizen engagement and relational responsibility for the delivery of basic services

A world that is not advancing toward the Millennium Development Goals – a world mired in the deprivation of hunger, the prevalence of disease and the despair of poverty -- will not be a world at peace.

Kofi Annan, 2003