“We must not fail the billions who look to the international community to fulfill the promise of the Millennium Declaration for a better world; let us keep that promise.” – UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. This report is based on a master set of data that has been compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. The Group compromises representatives of the international organizations whose activities include the preparation of one or more of the series of statistical indicators that have been identified as appropriate for monitoring progress towards the MDGs.