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WEEK 11
TOPIC: MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs) AND NEW ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (NEPAD)
CONTENT
- (i). Meaning of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). (ii)Towards achieving Millennium Development Goals in 2015.
- New Economic Partnership for Economic Development (NEPAD): (i) Meaning (ii) Aims and Objectives.
SUB-TOPIC 1: MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs).
- MEANING OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGS).
In September 2000, leaders from 189 nations of the World agreed on a vision for the future: a world with less poverty, hunger and disease, greater survival prospects for mothers and their infants, better educated children, equal opportunity for women and a healthier environment, a world in which developed and developing countries of the world worked in partnership for the betterment of all.
The aim of the MDGs is to encourage development by improving social and economic conditions in the World’s poorest countries. They derived this initiative from earlier development targets and were officially established following the millennium summit in 2000, where all World leaders present adopted United Notions Millennium Declaration.
- Aims and Objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger.
Recent economic growth, particularly in agriculture, has markedly reduced the proportion of underweight children, from 35.7 per cent in 1990 to 23.1 per cent in 2008.
However, growth has not generated enough jobs and its effect on poverty is not yet clear (the most recent data is from 2004). The available data and the current policy environment suggest that the target will be difficult to meet.
Growth needs to be more equitable and broad-based. Developing agriculture and creating jobs will require the public sector to create an enabling environment for business, including building critical infrastructure, making regulatory services transparent and providing sustainable access to enterprise finance. Social protection and poverty eradication programmes need to be scaled-up and better coordinated.
GOAL 2
Achieve Universal Primary Education
In a major step forward, nearly nine out of ten children, 88.8 per cent, are now enrolled in school. Nevertheless, regional differences are stark. State primary completion rates range from 2 per cent to 99 per cent. In particular, progress needs to be accelerated in the north of the country if the target is to be met.
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