(MDG)
Why the MDGs ?
The 1990s: a decade of faltering progress
progress continued
… but too slowly to reach agreed targets
… and progress slowing down
….. need more care on Under-5 mortality rate
Maternal mortality rate
Child malnutrition
Water and sanitation
Income poverty
Primary education
2. Achieve universal primary education (113 million children are not in school)
4. Reduce child mortality (every day 30,000 children die of preventable causes.)
5. Improve maternal health (In Africa, a woman has 1 chance in 13 of dying in
childbirth)
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (40 million are living with
HIV/AIDS, 75% of them in Africa)
Xti - Xt0
Xt0
t1-t0
t0 – 1990 or closest year
t1 – most recent year
Xt0 – value of indicator in t0 year
Xt1 – value of indicator in t1 year
Required Rate of Progress (RP): α
α Indicator
-1/2 Poverty incidence
-2/3 Under-5 mortality
-3/4 Maternal mortality ratio
-1 Net enrolment ratio (no non-enrolled)
-1 Gender ratios (no girls deprived)
-1/2 Percentage of access to safe drinking
water to non-access group
RP
Target Year - Baseline Year
Progress: Actual vs Required Rate
Assessment Condition
Slow or reversing Actual rate of progress is less than
half required rate of progress