The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent the basic needs and rights that every human being would like to enjoy. This is a nationwide commitment made in September 2000 at the United Nations Millennium Summit by 189 countries, including Jamaica (Sweetman, 2005, p.2). Its emergence has been one of the major objectives in the effort towards global development within a period of fifteen (15) years. These objectives are aimed at the world's poorest population groups and aim to eliminate severe poverty and improve conditions of good health and well-being. There are eight goals to be achieved by 2015, each with more than one target.1. Eradication of poverty and hunger: the goal is to halve the rate of poverty and hunger in the world and achieve full and productive employment for all.2. Achieve universal primary education – its aim is to ensure that all children achieve and successfully complete at least primary education.3. Promote gender equality and women's empowerment – ​​aimed at seeing more women in parliament, girl/boy ratio in primary, secondary and tertiary education4. Decrease child mortality, i.e. reduce the mortality rate by at least two-thirds in children under five (5) years of age and ensure that all children are adequately immunized before the age of one.5. Improved maternal health – aimed at reducing maternal mortality and ensuring that mothers who give birth are cared for by qualified health personnel.6. Fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases – aimed at educating people on the important use of condoms and contraceptives in order to reduce and prevent these diseases.7. Ensuring environmental sustainability – aimed at inte...... middle of paper ...... also has a legacy of debt, has a very low growth rate, a high crime rate and is considered a risky borrower .BIBLIOGRAPHYBOOKSSweetman, C (2005). Gender and the Millennium Development Goal. Oxfam Publishers. Oxford, London.ARTICLESunday Observer, 26 September 2010. To achieve the final Millennium Development Goal.WEBSITESJamaica's country report on the MDGs for the annual ministerial review of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, Geneva 2009. Planning Institute of Jamaica . Retrieved November 16, 2010 from www.jm.undp.org/ National ReportUnited Nations (2000), “Millennium Development Goals”. Retrieved November 17, 2010, from www.mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Host.aspxWorld Health Organization (2005). Health and the Millennium Goals, retrieved November 18, 2010, from www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/en