In his view, the MDGs have been turned into a master rather than being a servant to national policy implementation (Vandemoortele, 2009, 2011). This has become increasingly pronounced since the MDGs were first adopted. The principal interest has been in identifying outcomes that can be attributed to the financial and programmatic support given by the donors (Vandemoortele, 2011). The more important question has been what has been achieved, not necessarily how it was achieved.