Develop a global partnership for decrease in debts, honorable trading and affordable medicine.

Western countries can assist with achieving the other millennium goals. This is possible through debt relief, embellishing trade barriers and offer more development aid.
Medicines in developing countries are often too expensive or insufficiently available. The pharmaceutical industry must make more affordable medicines available.
Modern communication tools such as mobile phones and internet are essential for the development of poor countries. Through these, people can connect to the world economy.

Current situation:

Trade barriers
Many developing countries have received better access to Western markets since the mid-nineties. Three quarters of their export entered the Western countries tax-free. 8 years ago, this would have been half.

Development aid
After a decrease in the beginning of the nineties, the amount of official development aid rose to 120 billion dollars in 2008 since 1997. However, even though the Western countries have repeatedly promised to contribute at least 0.7 percent of their gross national product to development aid, the average has remained under 0.3 percent. Only 5 countries meet the UN requirement of 0.7 percent. These countries are Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

Medicines
The accessibility to a number of important medicines has improved dramatically over the last few years. Many more people now receive anti-retroviral therapy as a course of treatment of HIV/AIDS or receive ACT treatment against malaria. Also, the price of many medicines has decreased. Still, there are many millions of people worldwide who have to go without these medicines.

Mobile telephones
The number of mobile phones and internet connections has seen a strong increase in the developing countries in the last few years. Despite this, the gap with the developed countries is still large. In 2007, there were 5 times as many internet users in these countries then in the developing countries.