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This paper attempts to provide a systematic assessment of the effectiveness of Millenium Development Goals(MDGs) which was an initiative to enhance the development effectiveness of Official Development Assistance(ODA). The empirical findings show mixed results in different goals of ODA. MDGs have been effective in assisting the economic growth of LDC recipients, but not for lower and upper middle income recipients. It was found that ODAs have mixed effects for specific individual MDG goals. Health sector ODA showed significantly positive effects on the reduction of child mortality. In particular, agricultural sector ODA seems important for the improvement of child’s health specially in LDCs. Education sector ODA is not directly related to primary school enrollment statistically. However, both child mortality and adult literacy have positive significant effect on primary school enrollment, implying that health ODA has an indirect impact on the improvement of education in recipient countries.