In 1996, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a paper proposing a set of international development goals, which formed the basis for the Millennium Development Goals. At the beginning of the new millennium, world leaders gathered at the United Nations headquarter to outline a broad vision to combat poverty. The vision was translated into eight goals called the “Millennium Development Goals” (MDGs). These goals constitute the most important commitment by world leaders towards achieving international development. These goals also greatly shaped the development discourse and helped restructure most development institutions and civil society organizations and direct their work largely towards achieving the MDGs