Ban Ki Moon stands next to a group of people watching a woman on the right. She is smiling and is holding a cob of corn. There is a bale of hay behind them and a large tree.
As part of the broader UN Millennium Project, the AMV initiative sought to contribute to the achievement of reaching the MDGs by 2015 in some of the poorest regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.

African Millennium Village Initiatives

Duration: March 2006– June 2011
Budget: US$20,560,747
Implementing Agencies: UNDP

The programme contributed to the achievement of the MDGs in some of the poorest regions of sub-Saharan Africa. By supporting multi-sectoral interventions in agriculture, business development, education, health care, and nutrition, the programme highlighted the important contribution of the human security approach to the realization of the MDGs.

KEY MATERIALS
Programme Summary