UNDP - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2010 – RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Millennium Development Goals in Russia: Looking into the Future
UNDP - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2010 – RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Millennium Development Goals in Russia: Looking into the Future

Author(s): Sergey Nikolayevich Bobylev, Vladimir Mau, Lilia N. Ovcharova, Alexander V. Akimov, Alexander A. Razumov, Marina Evgenievna Baskakovaa, Irina V. Soboleva, Kirill D. Danishevsky, Natal’ja Vasil’evna Zubarevich, Elena G. Voronkova, Lev S. Voronkov
Subject(s): Economic policy, Welfare systems, Economic development
Published by: UNDP United Nations Development Programme
Keywords: Social Development in Russia; Political Development in Russia;
Summary/Abstract: Trends in MDG achievement in Russia are mixed. There are clear positive trends: poverty is reduced, education is more accessible, child and maternal mor-tality rates have shrunk, and Russia’s position as an in-ternational donor has strengthened. However, many issues still require serious attention, particularly the spread of HIV/AIDS, lack of committed gender policy, damage to the environment, and significant inter-regional disparities in human development. As the Report makes clear, ensuring sustainability of current positive trends is also a key challenge. We hope that this Report will not only stimulate discussion of the MDGs and Russia’s role in global development among the expert community and a broader public but that it also will provide basis for strategic decisions to strengthen human development, at both federal and regional levels in Russia.

• Details
• Contents