Millennium Development Goals Pali Lehohla

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Millennium Development Goals Presentation
to Cabinet Committee 15/06/05
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• Millennium Development Goals
• Eight goals to be achieved by 2015
• Eighteen targets to guide countries towards
  achieving goals
• Public participation and country ownership is
  essential
• Secretary General is to report to the General
  Assembly in September on progress
• This is the first report from South Africa

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• Millennium Development Goals
• Report presented to joint Social Cluster meeting
• Sought comment from the joint meeting by 11th
  June
• Presenting the draft document to Cabinet on 15th
  June
• Presenting draft with comment from Cabinet to
  Nedlac end of June
• Compiling final report for in July for tabling at
  the UN General Assembly scheduled for
  mid-September

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IndicatorsProportion of the population below
US 1 a day,Poverty gap ratio (incidence, times,
depth of poverty,Share of the poorest quintile
in national consumption.
Goal 1 Target 1
Goal 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and
hunger Target 1 Halve, between 1990 and 2015,
the proportion of the people whose income is less
than US 1 a day.
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Goal 1 Target 1
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Goal 1 Target 2

• Target 2 Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the
  proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
• Indicators
• Prevalence of underweight children (under five
  years),
• Proportion of the population below minimum level
  of dietary consumption.

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Goal 1 Target 2
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Goal 2 Target 3

• Goal 2 Achieve universal primary education
• Target 3 Ensure that, by 2015, children
  everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to
  complete a full course of primary schooling.
• Indicators
• Net the enrolment rate in primary education,
• Proportion of pupils starting Grade 1 who reach
  Grade 7,
• Literacy rate of 15 to 24-year-olds.

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Goal 2 Target 3
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Goal 3 Target 4

• Goal 3 Promote gender equality and empower women
• Target 4 Eliminate gender disparity in primary
  and secondary education preferably by 2005 and in
  all levels
• Indicators
• Ratio of boys to girls in primary, secondary and
  tertiary education,
• Ratio of literate females to males among 15 to
  24-year-olds,
• Share of women in wage employment in the
  non-agricultural sector,
• Proportion of seats held by women in the national
  parliament.

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Goal 3 Target 4
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Goal 4 Target 5

• Goal 4 Reduce child mortality
• Target 5 Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and
  2015, the under-five mortality rate.
• Indicators
• Under-five mortality rate,
• Infant mortality rate,
• Proportion of one-year-old children immunized
  against measles.

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Goal 4 Target 5
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Goal 5 Target 6

• Goal 5 Improve maternal health
• Target 6 Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990
  and 2015, the maternal mortality rate.
• Indicators
• Maternal mortality ratio,
• Proportion of births attended by skilled health
  personnel.

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Goal 5 Target 6
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Goal 6 Target 7

• Goal 6 Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other
  diseases
• Target 7 Have halted by 2015, and beginning to
  reverse the spread of HIV and AIDS.
• Indicators
• HIV prevalence among 15 to 24-year-old pregnant
  women,
• Contraceptive prevalence rate,
• Number of children orphaned by HIV and AIDS.

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Goal 6 Target 7
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Goal 6 Target 8

• Target 8 Have halted by 2015, and begin to
  reverse the incidence of malaria and other major
  diseases.
• Indicators
• Prevalence and death rates associated with
  malaria,
• Proportion of the population in malaria-risk
  areas using effective malaria prevention and
  treatment measures,
• Prevalence and death rates associated with
  tuberculosis,

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Goal 6 Target 8
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Goal 6 Target 8
Proportion of tuberculosis cases detected and
cured under directly observed treatment,
short-course (DOTS).
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Goal 7 Target 9

• Goal 7 Ensure environmental stability
• Target 9 Integrate the principles of sustainable
  development into country policies and programmes
  and reverse the loss of environmental resources
• Indicators
• Change in land covered by forest,
• Land area protected to maintain bilogical
  diversity,
• GDP per unit of energy use,
• Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita).

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Goal 7 Target 9
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Goal 7 Target 10

• Target 10 Halve, by 2020, the proportion of
  people without sustainable access to safe
  drinking water.
• Indicators
• Proportion of the population with sustainable
  access to an improved water source

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Goal 7 Target 10
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Goal 7 Target 11

• Target 11 Have achieved, by 2020, a significant
  improvement in the lives of slum dwellers.
• Indicators
• Proportion of the population with access to
  improved sanitation,
• Proportion of the population with access to
  secure tenure.

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Goal 7 Target 11
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Goal 8 Target 12, 13, 14 and 15
Goal 8 Develop a global partnership for
development   Target 12 Develop further an open,
rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory
trading and financial system (includes
commitment to good governance, development and
poverty reduction both nationally and
internationally)
Target 13 Address the special needs of the
least developed countries
Target 14 Address the special needs of
landlocked countries and small-island developing
states
Target 15 Deal comprehensively with debt
problems of developing countries through
national and international measures in order to
make debt sustainable in the long run
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Goal 8 Target 16
  Target 16 In cooperation with developing
countries, develop and implement strategies for
decent and productive work for youth
 
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Target 17 In cooperation with pharmaceutical
companies, provide access to affordable drugs in
developing countries
 
Goal 8 Target 17 and 18
  Target 18 In cooperation with the private
sector, make available the benefits of new
technologies, especially information and
communications
  Sources Stats SA, Census 2001 BMI
Technowledge Group