On the Millennium Development Goals

I have been inspired by the renewed and strong commitment of the Episcopal Church and especially Presiding Bishop-Elect Katharine Jefferts Schori's outspoken commitment to mission as grounded in the effort to alleviate poverty, economic exploitation and environmental degradation. Read about the UN Millennium Project to get some sense of what this is all about. Jeffrey Sachs was one of the main think tankers on this one, the book of his to read is An End to Poverty: Economic Possibilitites for Our Time. That book is on my summer reading list, esp. since it finally came out as paperback. But there are many other free online pdfs out there, as well as about the deeply related Millennium Ecosystem Assessment efforts.