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