Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS Ravaged Africa (CBC Massey Lectures Series)
In 2000, the United Nations laid out a series of eight goals meant to guide humankind in the new century. Called the Millennium Development Goals, these targets are to be met by 2015 and are to lay the foundation for a prosperous future. In Race Against Time, Stephen Lewis advances real solutions to help societies across the globe achieve the Millennium Goals. Through lucid, pragmatic explanations, he shows how dreams such as universal primary education, a successful war against the AIDS...
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In 2000, the United Nations laid out a series of eight goals meant to guide humankind in the new century. Called the Millennium Development Goals, these targets are to be met by 2015 and are to lay the foundation for a prosperous future. In Race Against Time, Stephen Lewis advances real solutions to help societies across the globe achieve the Millennium Goals. Through lucid, pragmatic explanations, he shows how dreams such as universal primary education, a successful war against the AIDS pandemic, and environmental sustainability, are within the grasp of humanity. For anyone interested in forging a better world in the third millennium, Race Against Time is powerful testimony.
PrefaceAcknowledgementsIContext: It Shames and Diminishes Us All1IIPandemic: My Country Is On Its Knees37IIIEducation: An Avalanche of Studies, Little Studying71IVWomen: Half the World, Barely Represented109VSolutions: A Gallery of Alternatives in Good Faith145Afterword191Glossary207
