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Shiladitya Chatterjee Head, Poverty Unit Asian Development Bank

The Millennium Development Goals: Progress in Asia and the Pacific. Shiladitya Chatterjee Head, Poverty Unit Asian Development Bank 1 October 2007, Manila, Philippines. Challenges Facing the Asia-Pacific Region. Extreme Poverty.

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Shiladitya Chatterjee Head, Poverty Unit Asian Development Bank

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  1. The Millennium Development Goals:Progress in Asia and the Pacific Shiladitya Chatterjee Head, Poverty Unit Asian Development Bank 1 October 2007, Manila, Philippines

  2. Challenges Facing the Asia-Pacific Region

  3. Extreme Poverty • Although dramatic improvements have occurred, 600 million poor still live in Asia-Pacific region Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2006

  4. Extreme Poverty • East Asia & Pacific will significantly surpass target • South Asia expected to marginally meet target Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2007

  5. Child Mortality • Problem affects entire developing Asia-Pacific region with the region accounting for 4 million deaths (over 40% of the world total). Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2006

  6. Child Mortality • South Asia may not meet target; East Asia and Pacific is currently on track Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2007

  7. Maternal Mortality Maternal Mortality • Widespread problem in region. Over 200,000 deaths constituting over 45% of world total Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2006

  8. Maternal Mortality • Considerable regional variation: East Asia better than Latin America; South Asia near Sub-Saharan Africa • Major data problems: no progress can be assessed Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2007

  9. HIV • About 6 million are affected (more than a 20% of world total) Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2006

  10. HIV • Asia has become a major region of concern. Several sub-regions are off-track (Central Asia, Pacific). Source: UNAIDS:2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic

  11. Primary Education • Progress good but more needs to be done in South Asia and the Pacific which are off-track Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2006

  12. Primary Education Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2007

  13. Gender Parity in Education • Progress good in eliminating gender disparity in education • Insufficient progress in participation and empowerment Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2006

  14. Gender Parity in Education • Parity reached in East Asia and Pacific; not yet in South Asia Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2007

  15. Access to Water • Over 650 million people do not have access to an improved water source accounting for about 60% of world’s population without access Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2006

  16. Access to Water & Sanitation • East Asia is off track on both water and sanitation targets • South Asia off track on sanitation but will meet water target Source: Global Monitoring Report, 2007

  17. Deprivations: Absolute Numbers By absolute numbers of the deprived, Asia- Pacific clearly faces the biggest challenge amongst developing regions of the world People living in social and economic poverty in Asia and the Pacific Millions 1549 9 97 399 566 641 93 0.3 4 28 6 Source: ADB-UNDP-UNESCAP: MDG Progress Report 2007 for Asia-Pacific

  18. ADB Countries at Risk • Progress on non-income poverty is unsatisfactory • 29 of ADB’s 43 developing member countries are “off track” in more than a quarter of the non-income MDG indicators Source: ADB-UNESCAP-UNDP. 2007. The Millennium Development Goals: Progress in Asia and the Pacific 2007 (forthcoming).

  19. MDG Sectors at Risk in ADB Countries • Most significant concerns in ADB’s DMCs are • CO2 emissions • Sanitation • Access to water • Underweight children • Infant mortality • Forest cover • Data not available to track progress on maternal mortality ADB = Asian Development Bank, CFC = chloroflouro carbon, CO2= carbon dioxide, DMC = developing member country, HIV= human immunodeficiency virus, MDG = Millennium Development Goal, TB = tuberculosis. Source: ADB-UNESCAP-UNDP. 2007. The Millennium Development Goals: Progress in Asia and the Pacific 2007 (forthcoming).

  20. Data Issues: Data Gaps • Update uses 21 indicators out of 32 indicators relating to goals 1-7. • Within these, data on some countries are not available to derive progress indicators. • Much more effort and capacity to compile MDG related data is necessary.

  21. Data Issues: Data Gaps

  22. Data Issues:Disaggregating MDG Data • Rural: Urban • Income classes • Sub-national administrative regions • Gender

  23. Thank You schatterjee@adb.org

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