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Manila, Philippines
21 October 2011
Regional review:
Challenges faced by the Asia-Pacific countries
International Conference on MDGS
Progress towards
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
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Content
• Introduction / Background
• Overview of the current situation in Asia and the Pacific
• Challenges by set of goals– Goal 1: Poverty and hunger– Goal 2 and 3: Education and gender parity– Goal 4, 5 and 6: Health– Goal 7: Environmental sustainability
• Summary
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Introduction
• Since 2004, the ESCAP/ADB/UNDP has produced regional reports on the achievements of the MDGs in Asia and the Pacific
• The progress assessments are based on the latest available data from the global database on official MDG Indicators
• Analysis of the trends determine whether countries are on or off track
Four categories are used:● Early achiever On track Off track-Slow Off track-No progress/regressing
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Overview of the current situation in Asia and the Pacific
Regional situation
Source: Staff calculations based on the United Nations MDG database and World Population Prospects 2010; UNESCO Institute of Statistics for the education-related indicators under Goals 2 and 3, except ‘Reaching last grade’.
Country situation
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Overview of the current situation in Asia and the Pacific
• Asia and the Pacific is generally making better progress towards the MDG targets than sub-Saharan Africa
• But is lagging behind Latin America and the Caribbean
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Overview of the current situation in Asia and the Pacific
• Because of its larger population size, on most indicators, the Asia-Pacific region has the greatest numbers of people affected
Millions of people 6
Overview of the current situation in Asia and the Pacific
• Disparities among countries are visible
Births attended by skilled health personnel
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Overview of the current situation in Asia and the Pacific
• Disparities are visible within the countries
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Goal 1
• Halve the proportion of people living with less than $1.25 a day– The region is an earlier achiever in reducing by half the proportion of
people living with less than US$1.25 a day– However, in 2009, 871 million people were living on less than USD$1.25
per day
• Limited progress in reducing the prevalence of underweight children– 83 million of underweight children in 2009 in the region
• Undernourished population in the region accounts for 16% in the period 2004-2006, representing 566 million
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Goals 2 and 3
• In general, the region has done well in achieving universal primary education and achieving the gender parity at the three educational levels
• Challenges:– Improve the quality of education:
• Invest in infrastructure and resources
– Improve living conditions to maintain children at school
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Goals 4, 5 and 6
• Child mortality– 3.4 millions of under-5 children died in 2010– 2.6 millions of infant deaths in 2010
• Maternal health– 135 thousands of mothers died in 2008– Only 81% of the pregnant women received antenatal care in 2010– Only 69% of the births were attended by a skilled health personnel
• HIV and TB– 7 million of people living with HIV in 2009– 9 million of people infected with TB in 2009
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Goal 7
• Forest area coverage has roughly remained the same since 1990– SEA experienced large declines in forest area– China invested in regeneration of forests
• Between 1990 and 2005 the share of protected areas increased, but has been stable since then
• Since 1990 the rate of carbon emissions has been growing– In 2008 almost half of the emission in the world were produced in this
region
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Goal 7
• Access to improved water resources and improved sanitation is essential in maintaining the health of a population
– 466 millions without access to improved water resources in 2008– Proportion of people with access to improved water has increased from
73% to 88%• Urban: 94% to 96%• Rural: 62% to 82%
– 1,863 millions without improved sanitation facilities in 2008– Proportion of people with access to improved sanitation has increased
from 40% to 53%• Urban: 63% to 67%• Rural: 28% to 42%
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Summary
• Very good regional progress in some areas
• Uneven progress across sub-regions and between countries
• Disparities within countries persist
• Large scale of deprivation remains
• Challenges to reduce hunger, improve health and services
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Thank you
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