The year 2015, in the global context, is a very significant one because it marks the end of 15 years that the global development community had given itself to make progress on a set of development goals called the 'Millennium Development Goals' or the MDGs. It was the first time ever in 2000, at the turn of the new millennium, that leaders from the whole world came together to collectively make a commitment to tackle the challenges of poverty and human development.