Performance evaluation of the millennium development goals using fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method

Abstract

The United Nations' target date of leading the fight to free people from extreme poverty and multiple deprivations through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is 2015. As the date approaches, several attempts have been made to evaluate the performance of the set goals, targets and indicators. Whiles the methodology used in measuring performance of member countries has been questioned by many; the fiercest criticism so far has been the apparent lack of data availability to measure progress. The subjectivity of the MDGs further increases the complexity of the evaluation systems but an effective measurability of each MDG is key to the overall success. This paper applies fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method in evaluating performance of individual member countries as far as the MDGs are concerned. The result shows how in the absence of data, the FCEM can be used to evaluate performance of member countries involved in the MDG project.