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MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS Ghana's PERFORMANCE, 2010

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS Ghana's PERFORMANCE, 2010. DR. I.F. MENSA-BONSU TECHNICAL ADVISOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING COMMISSION. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION. INTRODUCTION PROGRESS TOWARDS ATTAINMENT OF MDGS IN GHANA KEY CHALLENGES WAY FORWARD. INTRODUCTION.

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MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS Ghana's PERFORMANCE, 2010

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  1. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS Ghana's PERFORMANCE, 2010 DR. I.F. MENSA-BONSU TECHNICAL ADVISOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING COMMISSION

  2. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION • INTRODUCTION • PROGRESS TOWARDS ATTAINMENT OF MDGS IN GHANA • KEY CHALLENGES • WAY FORWARD

  3. INTRODUCTION • Eight time-bound and quantifiable targets were adopted in September 2000 after a UN Declaration by 189 countries. • The targets aim to halve the proportion of people living below the poverty line, improve access to education, promote gender equality, improve maternal and child health, ensure environmental sustainability and promote global partnership between developed and developing countries • This status report focuses primarily on progress to date and whether Ghana can achieve the MDG targets by 2015. The report mainly presents the current status of progress towards the MDGs, the supportive environment, challenges and the resource requirements.

  4. Ghana’s progress

  5. GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER • Upper Poverty Incidence has been reduced from 51.7% in 1991/92 to 39.5% in 1998/99 and 28.5% in 2005/2006

  6. GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER • Number of people living in extreme poverty has also decreased from 36.5% to 18.2%

  7. GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER • The depth of poverty in Ghana has consistently but marginally declined since 1991

  8. GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER • The share of the poorest quintile in national consumption consistently declined at the national level from 6.8% to 5.6% between 1991/92 to 2005/06L

  9. GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER • From almost 34% in 1991/92, Extreme Working Poverty Rate has declined to 16.1% • An Indication of improvement in creating decency in the quality of work.

  10. GOAL 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION • GER remained unchanged at 94.9 in 2009 and 2010, against MDG target of 100 • NER dropped substantially by about 5 percentage points from the 2009 level

  11. GOAL 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION Completion / Survival rate • Overall the survival rate at the primary level declined marginally from 88.7% in 2008/09 to 87.1% in 2009/2010 slowing it from reaching the 100% target by 2015 • At the Junior High School (JHS) level, survival rate worsened drastically following a sharp decline from 75.0% in 2008/09 to 66% in 2009/10

  12. GOAL 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN • The share of Female Ministers reduced from 21% in 2009 to 18.9% in 2010 while the share of Elected District Assembly Members also decline from 11% in 2009 to 6.8% in 2010. • All other positions showed no progress

  13. GOAL 4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY The UNICEF health statistics, however, shows a further decline of Under-five Mortality from 80 deaths per 1000 to 69 deaths per 1000 live births in 2009. Infant mortality rate (IMR) has also declined to 50 per 1000 live births by 2008.

  14. GOAL 5: IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH Institutional maternal mortality ratio (IMMR), from 170 per 100,000 live births in 2009 to 164 per 100,000 live births in 2010 The 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey however reported maternal mortality ratio of 451 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births

  15. GOAL 6: COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES HIV prevalence in the country reduced from 1.9% in 2009 to 1.5% in 2010 and is projected to fall gradually to 1.3% in 2015

  16. GOAL 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

  17. GOAL 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Whereas the MDG target for the country is 53% by 2015, as of 2010, the national coverage for improved sanitation was only 13%

  18. GOAL 8: DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT Total ODA inflows into the country have been increasing steadily from 2003 up until 2010,

  19. GOAL 8: DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT

  20. SUMMARY ON PERFORMANCE • Ghana is likely to achieve MDG 1 (poverty) but 2 out of 3 malnutrition indicators will be achieved • MDG 2 : On Track • MDG 3: Gender Parity (on track but GPI stagnated since 2006/7) • MDG 4 & 5: 2015 target is unlikely to be met • MDG 6: On Track • MDG 7: Access to water (on track) but environment degradation, housing, etc remains a challenge • MDG 8: Aid inflows have increased in norminal

  21. KEY CHALLENGES • A major concern for Ghana now is how to sustain the progress the country has made so far while addressing the challenges/ emerging issues including disparities among geographical areas and socio-economic groups. • Availability of up-to-date and accurate data.

  22. WAY FORWARD The NDPC will continue to: • Support the formulation of appropriate policies geared towards accelerating the achievement of the MDGs as well as sustaining the gains attained beyond 2015. • Facilitate inter-sectoral collaboration to bring together all agencies who are implementing pro-poor programmes as a means for harmonizing their interventions to increase coverage and enhance impact. • Assist and strengthen MDAs and MMDAs to monitor interventions at national as well as grass-roots levels to assess the impact of targeted interventions at achieving the MDGs.

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