manila, philippines 21 october 2011 regional review: challenges faced by the asia-pacific countries...

Manila, Philippines

21 October 2011

Regional review:

Challenges faced by the Asia-Pacific countries

International Conference on MDGS

Progress towards

the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

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Content

• Introduction / Background

• Overview of the current situation in Asia and the Pacific

• Challenges by set of goals– Goal 1: Poverty and hunger– Goal 2 and 3: Education and gender parity– Goal 4, 5 and 6: Health– Goal 7: Environmental sustainability

• Summary

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Introduction

• Since 2004, the ESCAP/ADB/UNDP has produced regional reports on the achievements of the MDGs in Asia and the Pacific

• The progress assessments are based on the latest available data from the global database on official MDG Indicators

• Analysis of the trends determine whether countries are on or off track

Four categories are used:● Early achiever On track Off track-Slow Off track-No progress/regressing

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Overview of the current situation in Asia and the Pacific

Regional situation

Source: Staff calculations based on the United Nations MDG database and World Population Prospects 2010; UNESCO Institute of Statistics for the education-related indicators under Goals 2 and 3, except ‘Reaching last grade’.

Country situation

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• Asia and the Pacific is generally making better progress towards the MDG targets than sub-Saharan Africa

• But is lagging behind Latin America and the Caribbean

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• Because of its larger population size, on most indicators, the Asia-Pacific region has the greatest numbers of people affected

Millions of people 6


• Disparities among countries are visible

Births attended by skilled health personnel

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• Disparities are visible within the countries

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Goal 1

• Halve the proportion of people living with less than $1.25 a day– The region is an earlier achiever in reducing by half the proportion of

people living with less than US$1.25 a day– However, in 2009, 871 million people were living on less than USD$1.25

per day

• Limited progress in reducing the prevalence of underweight children– 83 million of underweight children in 2009 in the region

• Undernourished population in the region accounts for 16% in the period 2004-2006, representing 566 million

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Goals 2 and 3

• In general, the region has done well in achieving universal primary education and achieving the gender parity at the three educational levels

• Challenges:– Improve the quality of education:

• Invest in infrastructure and resources

– Improve living conditions to maintain children at school

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Goals 4, 5 and 6

• Child mortality– 3.4 millions of under-5 children died in 2010– 2.6 millions of infant deaths in 2010

• Maternal health– 135 thousands of mothers died in 2008– Only 81% of the pregnant women received antenatal care in 2010– Only 69% of the births were attended by a skilled health personnel

• HIV and TB– 7 million of people living with HIV in 2009– 9 million of people infected with TB in 2009

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Goal 7

• Forest area coverage has roughly remained the same since 1990– SEA experienced large declines in forest area– China invested in regeneration of forests

• Between 1990 and 2005 the share of protected areas increased, but has been stable since then

• Since 1990 the rate of carbon emissions has been growing– In 2008 almost half of the emission in the world were produced in this

region

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Goal 7

• Access to improved water resources and improved sanitation is essential in maintaining the health of a population

– 466 millions without access to improved water resources in 2008– Proportion of people with access to improved water has increased from

73% to 88%• Urban: 94% to 96%• Rural: 62% to 82%

– 1,863 millions without improved sanitation facilities in 2008– Proportion of people with access to improved sanitation has increased

from 40% to 53%• Urban: 63% to 67%• Rural: 28% to 42%

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Summary

• Very good regional progress in some areas

• Uneven progress across sub-regions and between countries

• Disparities within countries persist

• Large scale of deprivation remains

• Challenges to reduce hunger, improve health and services

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Thank you

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