UNDP - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2010 - RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Millennium Development Goals in Russia, Looking into the Future (UNDP United Nations Development Programme, 2010)
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