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Regional perspective on the achievements of MDGs ASIA - PACIFIC Kim Hak-Su Executive Secretary Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

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Page 1: Regional perspective on the achievements of MDGs ASIA - PACIFIC Kim Hak-Su Executive Secretary Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Regional perspective on the achievements of MDGs

ASIA - PACIFIC

Kim Hak-SuExecutive Secretary

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Page 2: Regional perspective on the achievements of MDGs ASIA - PACIFIC Kim Hak-Su Executive Secretary Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

A very diverse region!

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• 3 of the world’s most populous countries

• Some highly developed and a number of middle-income

• 14 least developed countries (LDCs)

• 12 landlocked developed countries (LLDCs)

• 17 small island developed States (SIDS)

Page 3: Regional perspective on the achievements of MDGs ASIA - PACIFIC Kim Hak-Su Executive Secretary Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Different levels of MDG achievements

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• Fast achievers• Slow achievers• Off-track countries

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Fast achievers

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• Meet income poverty and “on track” in other targets• In East-Asia and South-East Asian – meet income poverty target• Mixed progress in:

– women’s equal representation– Reducing under-five-years old mortality– Reducing maternal mortality– Halting and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS– Environmental sustainability

• Pockets of poverty in China, India and Indonesia• Income inequality could be worsening

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Slow achievers

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• South Asia and West Asia• Appears on track in income poverty, education and drinking

water goals• South Asia - slow progress in other goals • West Asia – income poverty on the rise

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Off-track countries

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• Least Developed Countries• Landlocked Developing Countries• Countries with economies in transition• Island developing countries

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Key MDG challenges - Asia-Pacific region

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• Largest number of absolute poor (700 million, 2/3 world’s poor)• Several countries have increasing poverty levels – sustainability

of poverty reduction a challenge• Diversity in the level of achievement of MDGs• Concern in meeting the targets on hunger and other goals

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What ESCAP is doing?

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• Partnership with UNDP to promote MDGs since 2001

• First regional report on MDGs in June 2003 (focus on Goal 1 and 8)

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• Second phase launched in February 2004• Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined the partnership• Second regional MDG report to be released in September

2005, a series of Technical Background Papers

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• Patchy and incomplete data sets• Only 15 countries have $1 a day poverty figures• UNSIAP and UNDP project on building

statistical capacity

MDG data

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Thank you