Africa/Global: Fair Policies Needed To Reach Millennium Goals, Official Says

Unless governments in poor countries implement domestic policies that benefit the entire population and not only the rich elite, fair world trade will not be enough to help nations achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, Eveline Herfkens, executive coordinator for the MDGs campaign, told U.N. Wire in an interview at the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development's 11th ministerial meeting. According to Herfkens, who has been participating in plenary discussions and briefings here since Monday, poor countries are partly to blame for economic inequalities, since rich people in poor nations are frequently the ones making decisions on trade and other policies.