2. 2 www.unmillenniumproject.org 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. 3 www.unmillenniumproject.org The Crisis 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 10 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

4. 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. 5 www.unmillenniumproject.org 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. 6 www.unmillenniumproject.org 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. 7 www.unmillenniumproject.org Ten Key Recommendations 1. Adopt MDG-based poverty reduction strategies bold enough to meet the MDG targets for 2015. 2. 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 2005. 5.Developed and developing countries jointly launch in 2005, a group of Quick Win actions.

8. 8 www.unmillenniumproject.org 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 2015. 8. 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. 9 www.unmillenniumproject.org 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. 10 www.unmillenniumproject.org 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. 11 www.unmillenniumproject.org 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. 12 www.unmillenniumproject.org 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. 13 www.unmillenniumproject.org Thank You!