This brochure is developed as the first step under the joint advocacy on ‘Disaster Proofing the Millennium Development Goals’ by the Asia Regional Office of the UN Millennium Campaign and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC). It has been developed for the occasion of the 2nd Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR). 7-8 November 2007, New Delhi, India and the Asian Forum of the Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD); “Brainstorming Meeting of Parliamentarians Advocacy on MDG”, 6-7 November Bangkok, Thailand.

As a result of our collaboration with various partners throughout the Asia region, we compiled a selection of MDG case studies from a number of public hearings and/or poverty tribunals, which were organised to review the achievement and shortfalls of the MDGs. The compilation of MDG case studies and policy recommendations simply demonstrates standpoints of civil society and relevant stakeholders, including some UN agencies, in the development process.