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Government Plans
The Fifth National Development plan (FNDP) is a medium term planning instrument intended to focus government’s policy and programming towards a desired objective or objectives set in a specified timeframe. In the current situation, the timeframe has been set for six years, commencing in 2006 and concluding in 2011.
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Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals and targets come from the Millennium Declaration, signed by 189 countries, including 147 heads of State and Government, in September 2000. The goals and targets are interrelated and should be seen as a whole. They represent a partnership between the developed countries and the developing countries “to create an environment – at the national and global levels alike – which is conducive to development and the elimination of poverty”.