DPAD/UN-DESA has provided support to governments in a number of developing countries in assessing strategies to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and in formulating policies to mitigate external shocks on human development. In recognizing the value of the support that they have received, governments have expressed their interest in receiving more support to design policies to accelerate progress towards the MDGs and build a coherent development agenda to be pursued after 2015, underscoring the desire to be better informed about their options when they embark on the process of defining their country.