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African Development Bank (AfDB)

Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals: MDG Report 2011 [10 October 2011]

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/ADFB-MDG-EN_WEB_2.pdf

[full-text, 152 pages]

CONTENTS

List of Tables . iv

List of Figures v

Foreword viii

Acknowledgments x

List of Abbreviations xii

SECTION I: Introduction 1

SECTION II: Tracking Progress . 4

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 4

Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education 24

Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women 32

Goal 4: Reduce child mortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Goal 5: Improve maternal health . 50

Goal 6: Combat HIV, AIDS, malaria, and other major diseases 62

Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability . 73

Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development 88

SECTION III: Social protection as an instrument to accelerate progress toward

the MDGs in Africa 100

SECTION IV: Conclusions and perspectives on the post-2015 MDG agenda 122

References and Web Resources . 126

Annex 1: Official list of MDG indicators . 132

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