Making Progress on the MDGS

MAKING PROGRESS ON THE MDGS Countries around the world are working hard to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The Overseas Development Institute's Millennium Development Goals Report Card: Measuring Progress Across Countries recently ranked the countries that have made significant progress on key targets of the first, fourth and fifth goals. The rankings are in terms of absolute progress toward the targets, meaning countries that have improved by the largest margins (from the first measurement), regardless of initial conditions (and distance from the targets). 1 4 TAJIKISTAN CHINA MOROCCO NEPAL IRAQ BANGLADESH LAOS PAKISTAN NIGER BHUTAN GAMBIA MALI EGYPT VIETNAM BELIZE CAPE VERDE SENEGAL ETHIOPIA ETHIOPIA TIMOR LESTE GUINEA GUINEA BENIN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC DEMOCRATIC INDONESIA ANGOLA REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ANGOLA MALAWI MALDIVES SOME HIGHLIGHTS 1. END POVERTY & HUNGER VIETNAM SENEGAL 2. UNIVERSAL EDUCATION PEOPLE LIVING ON LESS THAN $1.25 A DAY IN 1993: 64% PEOPLE LIVING ON LESS THAN $1.25 A DAY IN 2006: 22% PEOPLE LIVING ON LESS THAN $1.25 A DAY IN 1991: 66% 3. GENDER EQUALITY PEOPLE LIVING ON LESS THAN $1.25 A DAY IN 2005: 34% 4. CHILD HEALTH 5. MATERNAL HEALTH MALAWI BANGLADESH UNDER AGE 5 MORTALITY RATE IN 1990: 21% UNDER AGE 5 MORTÁLITY RATE IN 2007: 11% UNDER AGE 5 MORTALITY RATE IN 1990: 15% UNDER AGE 5 MORTALITY RATE IN 2007: 6% 6. COMBAT HIVIAIDS THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGS) ARE 7. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EIGHT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS THAT ALL 192 UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATES AND AT 8. GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP LEAST 23 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE EGYPT BHUTAN AGREED TO ACHIEVE BY THE YEAR 2015. BIRTHS ATTENDED BY SKILLED PERSONNEL IN 1994: 15% BIRTHS ATTENDED BY SKILLED PERSONNEL IN 2003: 56% BIRTHS ATTENDED BY SKILLED PERSONNEL IN 1991: 37% BIRTHS ATTENDED BY SKILLED PERSONNEL IN 2008: 79% A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND KISS ME I'M POLISH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION. SOURCE: OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.