1. The United Nations Agenda for
Development
Sitrep on Cameroon
Presented at UN youth outreach event, Yaounde, 5 June 2013
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By Abel Akara Ticha, Communications Officer, ECA Sub-
regional Office for Central Africa

2. Sitemap
• Development – What it is
• Overview of the UN’s Development Work
• The MDGs till 2015, where are we?
• Post-2015: What agenda
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3. Development – What it is
• A progressive transformation of an economy
(or economies) and society
• Involves improvement in the lives of
individuals and of society as a whole
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4. Overview of the UN's
development work
Two routes
• UN was Set up for peace,
human rights, international
law, humanitarian
assistance and
development
macroeconomic
advice (the
Commissions,
Programmes,
IMF/World Bank)
human
development
(secretariat
offices,
Programmes/
Agencies)
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5. Overview of the UN's
development work ct'd
• Human development (our
focus). This is where the
UN wants to practically
touch the lives of ordinary
people
• The framework to achieve
human development is the
MDGs (set up at the
millennium summit in
2000)
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6. The MDGs till 2015, where are we?
IN CAMEROON
39.9% of Cameroonians
still live under the
poverty line (2007
stat)
5.2% of children are
still underweight
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7. The MDGs till 2015, where are
we?
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IN CAMEROON
Primary school
enrolment has
increased from 76.9%
in 2001 to 82.6% in
2010
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8. The MDGs till 2015, where are we?
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IN CAMEROON
Cameroon has almost
attained primary
school enrolment
gender parity index
(0.99 in 2010)
But 27.6% of active age
women are
employed in the non
agriculture salaried
sector.
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9. The MDGs till 2015, where are we?
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IN CAMEROON
122 children per 1000
still die before 5
years (down from
144.1 in 1990)
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10. The MDGs till 2015, where are we?
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IN CAMEROON
Maternal mortality
increased from 430
deaths per 100,000
live births in 1998 to
669 deaths per
100,000 live births in
2004
By 2011, it worsened to
782 per 100,000 live
births (WHO, UNICEF.
UNFPA, World Bank)
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11. The MDGs till 2015, where are we?
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IN CAMEROON
In 2011 HIV prevalence
among youths aged 15-24
was 1.7% (down from 3.2
in 2004); rate for adults
aged 16-49 years was 4.3%
(down from 5.1 in 2004)
29% of deaths still due to
malaria. Huge
Government/UN efforts
through nets, free
treatment for kids under
5 (uncomplicated malaria)
etc.
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12. The MDGs till 2015, where are we?
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IN CAMEROON
Proportion of
population with
access to drinking
water is 59.8%; up
from 49.7% in 2001
Proportion of
population with
access to decent
toilets is 52.4%; up
from 44.7% in 2001
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13. The MDGs till 2015, where are we?
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IN CAMEROON
• Regional integration into
CEMAC/ECCAS - a
strategic option
• Mobile telephony reach is
45% (about 10 million
people); landlines in
acute shortage
• International debt relief
but ODA is less than the
promise from developed
countries
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14. End Extreme Poverty
(Leave No One
Behind)
Put Sustainable
Development at the
Core
Post-2015: What agenda for
Development (High level Panel)? ECA

15. Transform Economies
for Jobs and
Inclusive Growth
Build Peace and
Effective, Open and
Accountable Public
Institutions
Post-2015: What agenda for
Development (High level Panel)? ct'd ECA

16. Forge a new Global
Partnership to go
beyond aid (against
corruption, illicit
financial flows,
Money-laundering,
tax evasion, and
hidden ownership)
Post-2015: What agenda for
Development (High level Panel)? ct'd
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17. Better Health
Coverage for all
Post-2015: What agenda for
Development (Cameroon) ? ct'd ECA
Protected
environment for
sustainable
development

18. Infrastructural
Development
Post-2015: What agenda for
Development (Cameroon) ? ct'd ECA
Inclusive growth and
Employment
Governance

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