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Regional perspective on the achievements of MDGs ASIA - PACIFIC

Kim Hak-Su Executive Secretary Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Regional perspective on the achievements of MDGs ASIA - PACIFIC. A very diverse region!. 3 of the world’s most populous countries Some highly developed and a number of middle-income

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Regional perspective on the achievements of MDGs ASIA - PACIFIC

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  1. Kim Hak-SuExecutive Secretary Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Regional perspective on the achievements of MDGs ASIA - PACIFIC

  2. A very diverse region! • 3 of the world’s most populous countries • Some highly developed and a number of middle-income • 14 least developed countries (LDCs) • 12 landlocked developed countries (LLDCs) • 17 small island developed States (SIDS) 15/16

  3. Different levels of MDG achievements • Fast achievers • Slow achievers • Off-track countries 15/16

  4. Fast achievers • Meet income poverty and “on track” in other targets • In East-Asia and South-East Asian – meet income poverty target • Mixed progress in: • women’s equal representation • Reducing under-five-years old mortality • Reducing maternal mortality • Halting and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS • Environmental sustainability • Pockets of poverty in China, India and Indonesia • Income inequality could be worsening 15/16

  5. Slow achievers • South Asia and West Asia • Appears on track in income poverty, education and drinking water goals • South Asia - slow progress in other goals • West Asia – income poverty on the rise 15/16

  6. Off-track countries • Least Developed Countries • Landlocked Developing Countries • Countries with economies in transition • Island developing countries 15/16

  7. Key MDG challenges - Asia-Pacific region • Largest number of absolute poor (700 million, 2/3 world’s poor) • Several countries have increasing poverty levels – sustainability of poverty reduction a challenge • Diversity in the level of achievement of MDGs • Concern in meeting the targets on hunger and other goals 15/16

  8. What ESCAP is doing? • Partnership with UNDP to promote MDGs since 2001 • First regional report on MDGs in June 2003 (focus on Goal 1 and 8) 15/16

  9. Second phase launched in February 2004 • Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined the partnership • Second regional MDG report to be released in September 2005, a series of Technical Background Papers 15/16

  10. MDG data • Patchy and incomplete data sets • Only 15 countries have $1 a day poverty figures • UNSIAP and UNDP project on building statistical capacity 15/16

  11. Thank you 15/16

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