The UN Millennium Campaign hosted an interactive panel discussion with over 80 high-level Washington DC civil society participants on Thursday, April 15.
2. 2000-‐2009
MDG
Scorecard..…
• The
single
most
durable
set
of
global
development
commitments
by
governments
–
withstood
9/11
and
its
a<ermath
• Provided
a
strong
human
development
and
poverty
focus
to
all
global
processes
–
Monterrey,
Paris,
Accra,
Doha,
G8
and
now
G20
• Regional
bodies
embrace
MDGs
–
AU,
SAARC,
Asean,
EU
• Influenced
naMonal
planning
not
only
in
most
poor
countries
but
also
several
middle
income
countries
like
Brazil
and
Indonesia
• Counterpoint
to
Washington
consensus
3. 2000-‐9
MDG
Scorecard….
• Over
35
countries
have
had
their
debts
cancelled
–
big
increase
in
poverty-‐
focussed
public
expenditure
• Aid
levels
have
steadily
increased
–
30%
higher
than
1992
peak
4. MDG
Outcomes
have
been
very
significant
• Over
400
million
people
come
out
of
poverty
since
2000
•
4
million
fewer
children
die
• >
30
million
more
children
in
school
• HIV/AIDS,
30%
reducMon
in
new
infecMons
in
2008
compared
to
1996,
2
m.
receiving
ARVs
• Big
advances
in
TB,
malaria,
access
to
water
• 63/117
countries
on-‐track
on
malnutriMon
30
more
than
in
2006
• Women
MPs
–
11%
in
2000,
18%
in
2009
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Many
of
the
poorest
countries
are
on
track
on
several
Goals
On most individual Goals,
over 40 developing
countries are on track
• wanda
R
• anzania
T
• ali
M
• ambia
Z
• ozambique
M
• hana
G
• angladesh
B
• epal
N
10. Success:
where
it
ma`ers
most!
• Ghana,
Nicaragua
cut
hunger
by
half
from
1991
to
2004
• MalnutriMon
rates
cut
from
22%
to
6%
in
NE
Brazil
in
less
than
ten
years,
• Nigeria
doubles
producMon
and
income
of
farmers
from
2001
to
2007
• Malawi
goes
from
43%
food
deficit
in
2005
to
53%
food
surplus
in
2007
11. Success:
where
it
ma`ers
most!
• U5MR
falls
by
>40%
in
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Niger,
Bangladesh,
Nepal,
Bolivia
and
Laos
• Ethiopia
puts
3
million
more
kids
in
school
and
Tanzania
2
million,
doubling
school
enrollment
from
2001
to
2006
• Honduras
reduced
MMR
by
40%
from
1990
to
2005
12. Why
are
these
countries
more
on
track?
a. Leadership
from
the
top
b. Global
MDGs
adapted
to
NaMonal
Goals
c. Clear
Plan,
Policies
&
Strategies
d. MDGs
prioriMsed
in
the
allocaMon
of
domesMc
and
external
resources
in
the
budget
e. High
focus
on
improving
delivery
mechanisms
for
the
poor
13. Why
are
some
countries
more
on
track?
e.
Greater
accountability
and
transparency
at
all
levels
–
more
ciMzen
engagement
f. More
media
and
public
debate
g. InternaMonal
donors
line
up
behind
naMonal
prioriMes
14. Countdown
2015:
the
obstacle
course
• Financial
crisis
–
separaMng
real
impact
from
using
this
as
an
excuse
• Food
and
Climate
crisis
–
more
acute
• Governance
and
exclusion
crisis
–
naMonal
and
global;
significant
increase
in
inequality
• Trade
crisis
–
Doha
impasse
and
new
protecMonism
• Big
challenges
in
areas
of
conflict,
in
MMR
and
sanitaMon
15. MDG
Achievement
–
a
ma`er
of
poliMcal
choice
• Total
amount
given
as
bail
outs
in
the
last
year
is
esMmated
at
$18
trillion
–
cumulaMve
aid
in
the
last
49
years
is
less
than
$2
tr.
• Total
spent
on
arms
in
2008
$1.46
trillion
–
aid
was
about
$120
billion
• Resources
lost
through
corrupMon
by
leaders
of
poor
countries,
o<en
colluding
with
western
governments
and
corporaMons,
and
mindless
wars
could
have
more
than
achieved
MDGs
22. Stand
Up
Take
AcNon
for
the
MDGs
The global people’s movement for the MDGs is
stronger than ever—over 173 million people stood up
against poverty and for the MDGs this year, breaking
another Guinness World Record!
23. UN
MDG
Review
Summit
Sept
2010:
Agreeing
the
2010-‐15
Breakthrough
AcNon
Plan
• Accelerate
progress
based
on
what’s
worked
:
This
will
moMvate
governments
and
people
and
create
naMonal
ownership
• Move
the
ac6on
to
the
local:
Strong
focus
on
poor
and
excluded,
parMcularly
women,
disaggregated
informaMon
and
analysis
• Get
serious
about
accountability:
From
local
to
naMonal
to
global
24. What
you
can
do!
• InteracMve
Hearings
in
June
• Outcome
document
negoMaMons:
Apr-‐June
• U.S.
Government
Progress
Report/InterAcMon
assessment
• NaMonal
Government
DelegaMon
• Obama
AcMon
Plan
• AcMons
in
the
South
and
globally
incl
G8/G20
• Stand
Up
for
the
MDGs
–
17-‐19
Sept
25. UN
MDG
Review
Summit:
Web
portal
for
civil
society
www.un-‐ngls.org/mdg2010