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This is the graph that tells the
sorry tale.
Only Four MDGs achieved.
And no prospect of completing them
until 2022!!!
And much much worse in Africa.
1. Having specific targets and
deadlines meant that
countries could be held to
account
2. They were easy for everyone
to understand
3. They brought “attention to
the many people who still live
in abject poverty”
(The Economist)
4. Without the MDGs there
would have not been the same
progress.
5. “The rate of progress in
reducing poverty …and
improving essential services
has been unparalleled”
(Overseas Development Institute)
6. 15 years after they were
made up, they are still
headline news all over the
world. That has to be good.
1. The MDGs have increased
inequalities within countries;
they miss out the poorest.
(www.odi.org.uk). Paul Collier
says in The Bottom Billion
that we are failing the
bottom billion.
2. The MDGs were unfair to
Africa; their successes were
made to look like failures.
(William Easterly, NYU 2008)
3. The MDGs should include
human rights laws, so that
“governments can be held to
account”
(Amnesty International)
4. Giving aid directly to corrupt
governments is wasteful.
5. They did not tackle the root
causes of poverty, such as
unfair trade, debt
repayments and conflict.
Star diagram Showing how MDG2 helps to solve all the other MDGs
Fragile states account for one-fifth
of the population of Developing
Countries, but half of all the children
not in primary school and half the
children who die before their 5th
birthday (DFID)
Conflict prevention is at the heart
of UK work to support
development (DFID)
GDP/capita
BEFORE conflict
GDP/capita
AFTER conflict
Sierra Leone
Guinea-Bissau
DR Congo
Burundi
Rwanda
$214
$240
$122
$207
$306
$150
$176
$103
$143
$181
“Of the 34 countries furthest from
reaching the Millennium
Development Goals, 22 are in the
midst of – or emerging from –
violent conflict”. (DFID, 2010)
Conflict causes:
Many deaths, even after the
war has ended (eg landmines)
Huge loss of money, on
average $64 billion per year
Disease, which kills more
people than weapons, and
affects other countries
Lack of food and starvation
Refugees, which affect
countries nearby
Fewer people working on
farms and in factories
Acute poverty, even after the
war
Terrorism, which affects other
countries
One million orphans in the last
10 years
Less aid to be given to the
country
Conflict is often about inequality; download
this app to learn about peace and justice in
community. Effect community development
can put an end to violence
Conflict is often about inequality; download
this app to learn about peace and justice in
community. Effect community development
can put an end to violence.
“Africa does not need charity – Africa needs
investment and partnership” (Ban Ki-Moon, UN
Secretary-General)
DID YOU KNOW?
Africa has 2 of the top 3 fastest growing economies in the world.
The number of middle-class Africans has tripled over the last 30
years.
Guinea Worm is a nasty disease but it is now almost eradicated.
This partnership specialises in
investment, not aid. Already, 1.3
million Malawians have benefitted.
Schools as Partners
Eg Hutchesons’ Grammar School and N.S.A.M. High School,
Nitte, India
Communities as Partners
Eg Fintry and Sambel Kunda, The Gambia.