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

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• 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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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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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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Overview of the UN's

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• 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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End Extreme Poverty

(Leave No One

Behind)

Put Sustainable

Development at the

Core

Post-2015: What agenda for

Development (High level Panel)? ECA

Transform Economies

for Jobs and

Inclusive Growth

Build Peace and

Effective, Open and

Accountable Public

Institutions

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Forge a new Global

Partnership to go

beyond aid (against

corruption, illicit

financial flows,

Money-laundering,

tax evasion, and

hidden ownership)

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Better Health

Coverage for all

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Development (Cameroon) ? ct'd ECA

Protected

environment for

sustainable

development

Infrastructural

Development

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Development (Cameroon) ? ct'd ECA

Inclusive growth and

Employment

Governance

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The climb to summit 2030 begins NOW

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