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Cover -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- BOXES -- Box 1.1: The Millennium Development Goals -- Box 2.1: Key Agencies Producing Official Statistics in Nepal -- Box 2.2: Population Register and Register-Based Population Census -- Box 3.1: Official Statistics and Administrative Statistics in Mongolia -- Box 3.2: Social and Environmental Statistics Generated from Administrative Records -- Box 3.3: Examples of Coordination and Partnerships -- Box 3.4: The National Statistical Indicator System of Viet Nam: An Example of Coordination and Assignment of Statistical Activities in the Statistical System -- Box 4.1: Education for All Goals -- Box 4.2: Nepal's Education for All Goals -- Box 4.3: School Report Card - Nepal -- Box 4.4: Collecting Education Statistics for the Annual School Census of Sri Lanka -- Box 4.5: Essential Data to Be Collected from Educational Establishments -- Box 4.6: Millennium Development Goal Indicator 2.1: Net Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education -- Box 4.7: Millennium Development Goal Indicator 2.2: Proportion of Pupils Starting Grade 1 Who Reach Last Grade of Primary -- Box 4.8: Millennium Development Goal Indicator 3.1: Ratio of Girls to Boys in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Education -- Box 4.9: Use of Education Management Information Systems Data for Evidence-Based Planning in Nepal -- Box 4.10: Data Fluctuations in Education Indicators - Palau -- Box 4.11: Study on Using School Census Data for Compiling Education Indicators in Sri Lanka -- Box 5.1: Global Health Targets -- Box 5.2: Viet Nam's Health Goals in The Five-Year Socio-economic Development Plan 2006-2010 -- Box 5.3: Millennium Development Goal Indicator 4.3: Proportion of 1 Year-Old Children Immunized against Measles -- Box 5.4: Millennium Development Goal Indicator 5.2: Proportion of Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel.

This book assesses financing strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean, in pursuance of the United Nations' millennium development goals (MDGs) and their achievement in 2015. It looks at how to make public policies more conducive to support sustained growth and reduce the still widespread poverty and inequality in the region.

Every preventable death poses a challenge to health, development, and human rights initiatives. Although the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) prioritize reducing maternal and child mortality, progress is unequal and the sustainability of related efforts beyond 2015 is a concern. Strategies that link the MDGs and human rights would facilitate more comprehensive, equitable, and sustainable progress in health and development. Strategies include: ensuring entitlements that link human rights provisions with laws and resources; building capacities for different contexts and challenges; promoting integration and innovation to catalyze progress; combating inequality and discrimination; committing to accountability for resources and results; and emphasizing sustainability.