MDG

Translingual

Symbol

MDG

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Madagascar.

   Synonym: MG (alpha-2)

English

Noun

MDG (plural MDGs)

1. Initialism of Millennium Development Goal.

   Coordinate term: SDG

   • 2004 February, Jonas Hagen, quoting Rubens Ricupero, “Threats to quit WTO ‘somewhat empty’: Ricupero's reflections on world trading environment”, in UN Chronicle‎^[1], volume XL, number 4, page 4:

     […] the first seven MDGs are about very specific targets in terms of halving poverty, reducing infant mortality, etc. But Goal number 8 is about the creation of a favourable global economic partnership, and here is where trade negotiations are necessary.

   • 2004 June 28, Rubens Ricupero, “Statements by Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General of UNCTAD”, in UNCTAD‎^[2], archived from the original on 2007-09-15:

     Not only will they miss the first MDG, they will likely fail in all the others.

   • 2017, Jason Hickel, The Divide […] , London: William Heinemann, →ISBN:

     After the launch of the MDGs, a well-funded PR campaign kept the programme prominent in the public imagination and high on the global policy agenda.

Anagrams

• GMD, dmg

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

MDG n

1. (politics) Initialism of Miljøpartiet de grønne.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

MDG n

1. (politics) Initialism of Miljøpartiet dei grøne.