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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

(MDG= Millenium Development Goals)

 

PATHS TO 2015: MDG Priorities in Asia and the Pacific [20 September 2010]

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Asia-Pacific-MDG-2010/mdg-paths-to-2015.pdf

[full-text, 70 pages]

 

Press Release 20 September 2010

ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN ROBUST GROWTH INTO ANTI-POVERTY SUCCESS

http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2010/13323-asian-mdg-reports/mdg-joint-nr.pdf

 

Contents

Foreword vii

Acknowledgements viii

Abbreviations ix

OVERVIEW

Paths to 2015 1

Seven drivers for achieving the MDGs 1

Reducing hunger and building food security 2

Improving health and other basic services 2

Priorities in health 3

Strengthening basic infrastructure 3

Tilting the balance 3

CHAPTER I

MDGs in Asia and the Pacific – where we stand 4

The scale of deprivation 7

Impact of the global economic crisis 8

Endnotes 8

CHAPTER II

Seven drivers for achieving the MDGs 9

Strengthening growth by stimulating domestic demand and intra-regional trade 9

Making economic growth more inclusive and sustainable 10

Strengthening social protection 10

Reducing persistent gender gaps 11

Ensuring financial inclusion 12

Supporting least developed and structurally disadvantaged countries 12

Exploiting the potential of regional economic integration 13

Towards 2015 14

Endnotes 14

CHAPTER III

Reducing hunger and building food security 15

Creating jobs and increasing incomes 16

Boosting agricultural production 17

Maintaining stable and reasonable food prices 18

Providing safety nets for the poor 19

Implementing feeding programmes 20

Released from hunger 21

Endnotes 21

CHAPTER IV

Improving health and other basic services 22

Investing more in basic services 22

Improving governance 23

Ensuring social inclusion and equal access to social services 25

Diversifying the range of service providers 25

Priorities in health 26

Increasing public health expenditure and staffing levels 28

Achieving universal health care 29

A new era for public services 31

Endnotes 31

CHAPTER V

Strengthening basic infrastructure 32

Mobilizing finance for basic infrastructure investment 34

Stimulating the private sector 34

Raising standards of quality and maintenance 35

Building greener infrastructure 36

Extending regional infrastructure 37

Tilting the balance 37

Endnotes 37

Statistica l appendix 38

Comparison of Asia and the Pacific with other developing regions 38

Achievements in $1.25/day poverty 38

Achievements in primary enrolment 38

Achievements in basic sanitation 41

Number of people affected if targets are reached 42

Impact of the global economic slowdown 42

Selected MDG Indicators 46

References 54

Figures

Figure I-1 – Asia-Pacific ranking on gender indicators 7

Figure I-2 – Asia-Pacific’s share of the developing world’s deprived people 8

Figure II-1 – Net ODA receipts per person in 2008, US$ 13

Figure III-1 – Agriculture’s share of public expenditure, percentage. 18

Figure IV-1 – Spending on health and education as a percentage of GDP 23

Figure IV-2 – Total government revenue as a percentage of GDP 24

Figure IV-3 – Maternal mortality rates and number of deaths 28

Figure A-1 – Asia and the Pacific compared with Sub-Saharan Africa and

Latin America and the Caribbean 39

Figure A-2 – Progress in reducing extreme income poverty 40

Figure A-3 – Progress in expanding access to primary education 41

Figure A-4 – Progress in expanding access to basic sanitation 43

Tables

Table I-1 – Country groups on-track and off-track for the MDGs 5

Table I-2 – Countries on-track and off-track for the MDGs 6

Table III-1 – Undernourishment in Asia and the Pacific and other global regions 15

Table III-2 – Underweight children under five 16

Table III-3 – Progress required for off track countries to meet the

underweight children target 17

Table III-4 – Net importers and exporters of food 19

Table IV-1 – Net enrolment ratio in primary education, percentage, 2007 22

Table IV-2 – Progress required for off-track countries to meet the

under-5 mortality target 27

Table IV-3 – Health personnel 29

Table V-1 – Positive impacts of basic infrastructure on the poor and MDGs 33

Table V-2 – Infrastructure comparators, Asia and Rest of the World, 2005 34

Table V-3 – Asia’s Infrastructure Investment needs 2010-2020

(US$ millions, 2008) 35

Table V-4 – Infrastructure quality in Asia, rated from 0-7 36

Table A-1 – Progress required for off-track countries to meet the $1.25/day

poverty target 40

Table A-2 – Progress required for off-track countries to meet the primary

enrolment target 42

Table A-3 – Progress required for off-track countries to meet the basic

sanitation target 44

Table A-4 – Summary of estimated population in deprivation,

alternative scenarios, thousands 44

Table A 5 – Number of people projected to be in deprivation in 2015 45

Table A-6 – Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 46

Table A-7 – Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education 47

Table A-8 – Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women 48

Table A-9 – Goal 4: Reduce child mortality 49

Table A-10 – Goal 5: Improve maternal health 50

Table A-11 – Goal 6: Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases 51

Table A-12 – Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability 52

Table A-13 – Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability 53

Boxes

Box IV-1 – New estimates on maternal mortality 28

Box V-1 – Energy for All 33

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