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1MDGs
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“The problem is not that we have tried to
eradicate global poverty and failed;the problem is that no serious and concerted
attempt has ever been made.”
Jim Grant, 1993
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Two aspects to development co-
operation
Money changing hands•important for accountability and transparency
Ideas changing minds•balanced efforts•key ingredient: trust
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Social indicators show that
progress continued in the 1990s
but too slowly to reach agreed targets
and is slowing down
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Average U5MR and primary NER in
developing countries
10391
132
166
223
80 827059
480
50
100
150
200
250
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
U5MR NER
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Millions of people below $1/day
(SSA + SA + LAC + MENA)
817 854902 897
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1990 1993 1996 1998
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Broken promises Primary education
U5MR and MMR
Child malnutrition
Water and sanitation
Income poverty
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0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
National Budget ODA
Education Health & nutrition Water & sanitation
Under-investment inbasic social services
based on 40 country studies
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Declining ODA(% of combined GNP)
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
'80 '85 '90 '95 '00
0.22
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Crippling debt burden
0
10
20
30
40
50
% o
f bud
get
Basic social services External debt
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Entrenched inequity(world income distribution)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Bottom 50% Middle 40% Top decile
Inco
me
shar
e
1988 1993
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Time-bound and
numerical targets can
accelerate progress,
based on premise
they will trigger
action and foster
alliances
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IDTs MDGs
1996 2001
7 8
donors GA
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IDTs and MDGssimilar but different
baseline: 1990 or 2000?
education: enrolment or completion?
gender equality: by ‘05 or ‘15?
reproductive health: in or out?
new: AIDS and slum dwellers
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Mapping the MDGs
8 goalsfew in numberstable over timeeasy to communicatebalance between S & N
18 targets, 40+ indicators
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1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education3. Promote gender equality and
empower women4. Reduce child mortality5. Improve maternal health6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
diseases7. Ensure environmental sustainability8. Develop a global partnership for
development
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MDGs and development
Renew support for ODA, focused on outcomes, centred on people
Foster pro-poor policy reforms, resources re-allocation
Improve monitoring of social indicators
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MDGs and UNDG Translate global MDGs to focus
national development debate
Enhance policy advice and PRSP participation
Mobilise UNCT around concrete and inclusive agenda
Help engender development
Increase visibility as ‘scorekeeper’ with ramification for funding
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MDG reportinga global campaign
Global reporting: UN-DESA
National reporting: UNCT as “score-keeper”
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UNDG guidance note
-Purpose -Ownership
-Periodicity -Participation
-Length -Contents
-Cost MDGs -Funding
-Checklist -Contextualise
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PurposeMDGR is a public affairs tool
common assessment of MDG status
based on existing reports
not analytical, not operational
not wordy, not complicated
never part of conditionalities
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ContentsContext and setting
For each goalstatus of progressmajor challengesresources requirementsstatus at a glancecapacity for monitoring
Other goals and targets
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UNDG support
Financial (TTF)
DevInfo
Technicalcountry missiondesk reviewtraining and workshops