2 Launch of MP Report “Investing in Development A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals” ---- Mushtaque Chowdhury, PhD Co-Coordinator, Task Force on Child Health and Maternal Health of MP, and Deputy Executive Director, BRAC

3 The Crisis 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40, wealthiest countries 10 poorest countries GNI Per Capita GNI Per Capita 2003 (atlas method) US$146 US$37,610  POVERTY: More than one billion people in the world live on less than a dollar a day. Another 1.8 billion struggle to survive on less than $2 per day.  ILLITERACY: Around the world, a total of 114 million children do not get even a basic education and 584 million women are illiterate.  PRE-MATURE DEATH: Life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa is less than 55 years – and dropping.  WATER AND SANITATION: Four out of every ten people in the world don't have access even to a simple latrine; and two in ten have no source of safe drinking water. 5,000

The Millennium Development Goals The MDGs are the world’s first shared set of integrated, quantitative and time-bound goals for poverty reduction TT

5 If the Goals are achieved 500 million people lifted out of poverty 250 million no longer suffer from hunger 30 million children under-5 saved 2 million maternal deaths averted 350 million have access to safe drinking water 650 million have access to basic sanitation

6 The UN Millennium Project How We Work Mission: To develop a practical plan for rich and poor countries to meet the MDGs by 2015 Structure:  Commissioned by UN Secretary-General and directed by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs.  Analysis performed by 10 thematically-oriented Task Forces with a total of 265 global experts.  Country level advisory work began in 2004 with eight pilot countries: Ethiopia, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Tajikistan, and Yemen.

7 Ten Key Recommendations 1. Adopt MDG-based poverty reduction strategies bold enough to meet the MDG targets for Scale up public investments, capacity building, domestic resource mobilization, and ODA. 3.Countries craft and implement the MDG-based PRS in transparent and inclusive processes. 4.International donors identify a few MDG “fast-track” countries for a rapid scale-up of aid in Developed and developing countries jointly launch in 2005, a group of Quick Win actions.

8 Ten Key Recommendations 6. Developing countries align national strategies with regional initiatives such as the NEPAD. 7. High-income countries increase ODA from 0.25% of GNP in 2003 to around 0.44% in 2006 and 0.54% in 2015 to support the MDGs, and reach 0.7% no later than High-income countries open their markets to developing country exports. 9. International donors mobilize support for global scientific research and development. 10. The UN Secretary-General and the UNDGroup strengthen the coordination to support the MDGs at headquarters and country level.

9 Health-related Recommendations  Strengthen health systems.  Commit to fundamental principles of equity and human rights.  Scale up effective interventions through new strategies (‘More of the same’ is not enough!).

10 Priority Interventions  Eliminate school and uniform fees.  Provide free school meals.  Provide impoverished farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa with affordable replenishments of soil nutrients.  Train village workers in health, farming, and infrastructure in rural communities.  Distribute free insecticide-treated bed-nets in malaria-endemic zones.  Eliminate user fees for basic health services.

11 Priority Interventions  Expand access to sexual and reproductive health information and services.  Expand the use of proven effective drug combinations for AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.  Set up funding to finance community-based slum upgrading.  Use off-grid diesel generators, solar panels, or other appro. technologies for social welfare institutions.  Launch national campaigns to reduce violence against women.  Establish an office of science advisor to the president / prime minister.

12 Resources needed for the MDGs  The cost of supporting countries to meet the Goals would require donors to increase ODA to 0.44% of GNP by 2006 (or $135 billion) and to plan for a scale-up to 0.54% by 2015 (or $195 billion).  This means that of the combined rich world GNP of approx. $30 trillion dollars, only an average of $150 billion a year would be enough to get the world on track to ending extreme poverty throughout the world.

13 Thank You!