progress

After a decade of slow progress, the international community reaffirmed its commitment to  in Dakar, Senegal, in April 2000 and again in September of that year. At the latter meeting, 189 countries and their partners adopted the two  goals that are also Millennium Development Goals . Although  2 and 3 refer only to issues of universal primary education and gender parity, respectively, the World Bank recognizes that achieving these goals requires supporting the full  commitment.