The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were endorsed by the Special Development Fund (SDF) Contributors as strategic benchmarks for SDF Programming and as a framework for monitoring overall progress under SDF 6. The Caribbean-specific MDG targets and indicators which emerged from a process of customising the international targets and indicators to the Region were also adopted by the Contributors as part of the plan of action to assist borrowing member countries (BMCs) in assessing and monitoring the attainment of the MDGs.