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MDGs Made Easy. Solita Collas-Monsod Professor Emerita School of Economics University of the Philippines. Millennium Development Goals. UN Millennium Declaration Millennium Summit, September 2000 (189 countries committed). Introduction. Millennium Development Goals: 8 major goals
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MDGs Made Easy • Solita Collas-Monsod • Professor Emerita • School of Economics • University of the Philippines
Millennium Development Goals UN Millennium Declaration Millennium Summit, September 2000 (189 countries committed)
Introduction • Millennium Development Goals: • 8 major goals • 21 targets • 60 indicators • 25-year timeline • Base year: 1990 • End year: 2015
The Millennium Development Goals • Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger • Achieve Universal Primary Education • Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women • Reduce Child Mortality • Improve Maternal Health • Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases • Ensure Environmental Sustainability • Develop a Global Partnership For Development
Understanding the MDGs • Goal I: deals with income poverty • Goals II-VII: deal with outcome poverty • Goal VIII: deals with financing the achievement of the goals
Understanding the MDGs The Goals are not “stand-alone”. The achievement of one generally helps in the achievement of others
The links between Education and Poverty • More than 2/3 of the poor families in the Philippines have household heads who have completed, at most, an elementary education. • 42% of poor households were those whose heads were elementary undergraduates • 26% of poor households were those whose heads were elementary graduates. • Thus, 68% of poor households have heads with at best an elementary school degree.
Progress of Regions: MDG1, Target 1Official Estimates vs CBN/FLOL approach
Progress of Regions: MDG1, Target 1Official Estimates vs CBN/FLOL approach
Progress of Regions: MDG1, Target 1Official Estimates vs CBN/FLOL approach
Measuring Progress in Achieving the MDGs 2. Time Distance Measure
Measuring Progress in Achieving the MDGs 2. Time Distance Measure