When the United Nations was founded it embodied the promise of a better future. Now, more than fifty years later, the UN’s eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) hold the same promise but many are sceptical.

In this 4-part World Learning Science series, Jim Clarke charts the progress of MDGs and reports on what some say is a mission impossible. He asks what makes this initiative different from unfulfilled agendas set by the international community in the past?


The BBC World Service series World Learning was produced and presented by Jim Clarke.