...net/JPPG ACHIEVEMENTS OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGS) IN SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL CORPORATIONS (SAARC) COUNTRIES: A CASE OF NEPAL Kushum Shakya* Central Department of Economics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. ABSTRACT South Asian Association of Regional Cooperative (SAARC) countries have achieved considerable progress in socioeconomic indicators like poverty reduction, educational attainment and improved health facilities. The progress, however, is not uniform across the countries. The aim of this paper is to assess the progress made by SAARC with regard to selected Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and its achievement and gap in Nepal. The paper shows; i) Status of SAARC countries with respect to selected MDGs, ii) Achievements of MDGs in the case of Nepal and iii) the gaps to achieving the targets. The paper shows that the most SAARC countries including Nepal have performed poorly with MDGs. It is therefore concluded that there is need to prioritize to meet all goals in post MDGs for Nepal. Keywords: SAARC, MDG, Post-MDG, socio-economic. INTRODUCTION The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges. The MDGs are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189 nations-and signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. These goals promote basic human rights and focus the...
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...INTL403103_2012W Submitted to : Patrick Ellwood MILLENIUM GOALS ARGUMENTS AGAINST MILLENIUM GOALS 1. For the Attainment of the Millenium Goals, there are no specific set standards on budgetary imperatives. These goals are just a set of policies. They basically lack power to be implemented in the individual countries. Based on antecedents, policies in many developing countries lack implementation.(1) 2. MDGs were very narrow in conception as they are themselves derived from specific targets such as education goals focused mainly on primary education, ignores secondary and higher education, whereas health goals focused only on three aspects of health associated with maternal mortality, child mortality, and specific diseases, Non communicable diseases have no mention whatsoever in the MDGs whereas these are major causes of morbidity and mortality.(2) 3. It must be agreed that the MDGs are unclear on the concept of measurement, if viewed objectively. The health goals for 2015 sound quantitative, but for most of them, their quantification is irretrievably flawed. The trends that the health goals referred to are either immeasurable or were not measured properly from the 1990 baseline year onward. The UN's own current or former staff has said that the trends are immeasurable or lack baseline data.(3) ...
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...COMOROS AND DJIBOUTI --- COMOROS GEOGRAPHY The Comoros consist of four islands and several islets in the western Indian Ocean. They were formed by Volcanic Activity. Three of the islands are members of an independent country, The Union of the Comoros and are named in their Comorian Language. These are: * Ngazidja (Grande Comore): the youngest and largest of the islands, has a massive, active volcano and recent lava flows * Mwali (Mohéli): smallest, mountainous, no recent lava activity * Nzwani (Anjouan): mountainous, no recent lava activity The fourth island is a department of France and its name is in French: * Maore (Mayotte): ancient volcanic island with highly eroded mountains and slow, meandering streams The capital and largest city, Moroni, is located on Ngazidja. The Comoros Archipelago is situated in the Indian Ocean, in the Mozambique Channel, between the African coast (nearest to Mozambique and Tanzania) and Madagascar, with no land borders. At 2,235 km2, it is one of the smallest countries in the world. The Comoros also has claim to 320 km2 of territorial seas. The interiors of the islands vary from steep mountains to low hills. The climate is generally tropical and mild, and the two major seasons are distinguishable by their relative raininess. ECONOMY * Comoros is one of the world's poorest countries. * Economic growth and poverty reduction are major priorities for the government. * Agriculture, including fishing, hunting...
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...Health Inquiry, Global Health Inequities Introduction: The Millennium Development Goals (or MDG) are a set of 8 goals set by the world’s nations in hope of reducing poverty by 2015. These 8 goals address poverty, education, equality, disease and the environment. Each goal has a targets and indicators we are aiming to achieve by 2015. The purpose of this report is to report on the history, objectives and constitution of the MDG’s and the success and effectiveness of the MDGs. History of MDGs: In the 1990’s the United Nation (UN) member states went through a historically extraordinary UN press conference process. This conference was aimed at building consensus on development priorities for the 21st century. However, at the end of the 1990’s the governments of the conference experienced conference fatigue and feared the process launched by the conferences was losing steam. In September 2000 in New York there was a large gathering of world leaders called the Millennium Summit. This was the largest gathering of world leaders in history including 189 UN member-states. At the Millennium Summit the United Nation Millennium Declaration was adopted as a result of a series of global conferences held during the 1990’s. The UN saw the Millennium Summit as an opportunity to bring back the development of priorities for the 21st century. It was at this Millennium Summit that the Millennium Declaration set in motion a global partnership and was signed by 147 heads of states....
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...itself throw a natural cycle (like water cycle). Passive heating: natural way to catch light and heat. The bottom line used to be profit. Now it’s still the case but by generating wealth. The down jones created an indicator that allows people to see the market is globally evolving. In the same way, we create indicators to measure pollution of the air. We can compare information based on time or space. Causal loops: see the specific cause producing that specific effect. A causal loops is when a cause effect model is reproducing again and again increasing consequences. Thresholds is the state, the determined level when smoke is so heavy in the air that it triggers the fire alarm. Millenium Development Goals (MDG) ended in 2015 by setting up new objectives. The goals were mainly social because we have more data on that. Ex: reduce by half people in extreme poverty by 2015. The indicator is $1 a day. Motorization rate is a pressure indicator. For mid term, we’ll be ask to recognize an indicator of pressure, state or response. Average annual snow is an indicator of...
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...UN-Millennium Development Goals 2015 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by Adam Pindur Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. The path towards the Millennium Declaration 4 3. Millennium Development Goals 5 4. Global Poverty: Facts and figures 6 5. Measures against global poverty 8 6. Conclusion 10 7. Bibliography 11 „Those who has seen the world's poorest people, feels rich enough to help“ Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) www.eineweltfüralle.de Introduction At the Millennium Summit of the UN in September 2000, Heads of State and Government of the world, decided to reduce the number of people living in extreme poverty by half until 2015. Never before have governments and international organizations, businesses and civil society organizations announced in this form to a common goal, and moved so the fight against poverty in the focus. The implementation of the Millennium Development Goals will be handled by many organizations and government institutions such as the BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development). I will set my focus on the fight against poverty and mention the actions of the Millennium Declaration Goals. At first I will present the historical development from 1990 until 2000, the year of the Millennium Summit. After a presentation of the Millennium Declaration Goals, I will introduce facts and figures on global poverty. Then I will show concrete measures to tackle...
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...ABSTRACT AVENILLA, VAN NIEL A., BELLEZA, MARIA FATIMA A., CASALLOS, MICHELLE JAMIE B., “IEC STRATEGY OF THE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SESSION OF THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM OF BRGY. BALATAS, NAGA CITY”. (An Undergraduate Thesis in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Development Communication. Adviser: Karlos Jerome N. Llorin, MDC The 4Ps is a human development program and the poverty reduction strategy of the national government that provides CCT grants to extremely poor families in order to improve their health, nutrition and education especially the children aged 0- 14. The said program has two objectives: 1) Social Assistance, which aims to grant cash assistance to the poor to address their immediate need; and 2) Social Development, which aims to break the intergenerational poverty cycle through investments in human capital. One of the conditions under the said program before the beneficiaries will receive their CCT is the Family Development Session (FDS). It aims to widen the knowledge and boost the skills of parents and help them to understand and meet the health and education conditions of the program. The FDS is being done by the 4P’s workers through home visits, the use of modules on modular sessions guide for parents, family drug prevention program, parent effectiveness service and empowerment and viii reaffirmation of paternal abilities. The role of the parents in helping their children attain...
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...Richard Attias Become a fan Email The Development Factor: The Challenge of Sport in the 21st Century Posted: 10/21/2014 8:39 am EDT Updated: 10/29/2014 9:59 Sport occupies a peculiar place in world dynamics in that it surpasses the limitations of geographical boundaries and social classes. Still, a gap remains between developed and developing nations when it comes to sport. In the industrialized world, sport as an economic sector represents approximately 2% of GDP. For developing economies, though, the challenge remains making sport a factor of economic development, and a driver for social change, so it benefits all citizens in the long term. UNESCO's 1978 International Charter of Physical Education and Sport classified sport as "a fundamental right for all." But the low place sport occupies in the developing world's priorities shows that its importance as an educational and social tool is not yet universal. Everyone agrees that sport contributes to economic development by creating jobs and stimulating business activity. The organization of a major sporting event, for example, is a great opportunity for the local economy. The thousands of people who attend will spend money on food, lodging, transportation and other, related tourist activities. However, in recent years, we see these economic benefits are obvious only the short term. If we take the example of South Africa in 2010, the positive impact of the World Cup was, in terms of job creation and reduced crime...
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...General Background on Global Microfinance Trends 0 Contents 1.0 OVER VIEW OF MICROFINANCE IN GHANA...................................................... 3 1.1 DEFINITION .....................................................................................................................3 1.2 EVOLUTION OF MICROFINANCE IN GHANA ..............................................................3 1.3 THE NEED FOR MICROFINANCE IN GHANA................................................................4 1.4 MICROFINANCE CLIENTS IN GHANA...........................................................................5 2.0 PROFILES OF MICROFINANCE APEX BODIES IN GHANA................................... 5 2.1 Ghana Co-operative Credit Unions Association (GCCUA).....................................5 2.1.1 Some Current Performance of GCCUA.............................................................. 6 2.1.2 Outstanding Challenges and Future Resource Requirements of CUA ........ 6 2.1.3 Summary of Credit Unions Annual Performance ............................................. 6 2.2 GHANA CO-OPERATIVE SUSU COLLECTORS’ ASSOCIATION (GCSCA)..................7 2.2.1 Some Current Performance of GCSCA .............................................................. 7 2.2.2 Outstanding Challenges and Future Resource Requirements for GCSCA .. 7 2.2.3 PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF GCSCA TO CUA AS AT OCTOBER 2007.. 8 2.3 ASSOCIATION OF FINANCIAL NGOs (ASSFIN) .....................................................
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...June 2008, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 259 –274 Are Sustainable Coffee Certifications Enough to Secure Farmer Livelihoods? The Millenium Development Goals and Nicaragua’s Fair Trade Cooperatives ´ ´ CHRISTOPHER M. BACONÃ , V. ERNESTO MENDEZÃÃ , MARIA ´ EUGENIA FLORES GOMEZÃÃÃ , DOUGLAS STUARTÃÃÃÃ , & SANDRO ´ ´ RAUL DIAZ FLORESÃÃÃÃÃ Ã University of California, Santa Cruz, USA University of Vermont, USA ÃÃÃ ´ Asociacion de Mujeres Contra La Violencia, Oyanka, Jalapa, Nicaragua ÃÃÃÃ Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua, Nicaragua ÃÃÃÃÃ ´ ´ CII-ASDENIC, Edificio Casa Estelı, Estelı, Nicaragua ÃÃ ABSTRACT In December 2001, green coffee commodity prices hit a 30-year low. This deepened the livelihood crisis for millions of coffee farmers and rural communities. The specialty coffee industry responded by scaling up several sustainable coffee certification programs, including Fair Trade. This study uses household- and community-level research conducted in Nicaragua from 2000 to 2006 to assess the response to the post-1999 coffee crisis. A participatory action research team surveyed 177 households selling into conventional and Fair Trade markets in 2006. In an effort to dialogue with specialty coffee industry and mainstream development agencies, results are framed within the context of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Findings suggest that households connected to Fair Trade cooperatives experienced several positive impacts in education...
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...Tunayoipenda Tuwe tayari kuilinda Natujenge taifa letu Ee, ndio wajibu wetu Kenya istahili heshima Tuungane mikono Pamoja kazini Kila siku tuwe na shukrani English O God of all creation Bless this our land and nation Justice be our shield and defender May we dwell in unity Peace and liberty Plenty be found within our borders Let one and all arise With hearts both strong and true Service be our earnest endeavour And our homeland of Kenya Heritage of splendour Firm may we stand to defend Let all with one accord In common bond united Build this our nation together And the glory of Kenya The fruit of our labour Fill every heart with thanksgiving FOREWORD The unveiling of Kenya Vision 2030 marks an important milestone in our country’s development as it comes soon after the successful implementation of the “Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation” (ERS) over the period 2003 to-date. The Kenya economy has now recovered from the slow growth rate of 0.6 percent in 2002 to a projected growth of over 7 percent in 2007. Indeed, the last five years represent the best phase of sustained economic growth in our country in all sectors of our economy notably; agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade and telecommunications as well as the social Sectors. The vision will be implemented through five year medium-term rolling plans, starting with the first one which will cover the period 2008-2012. Thus, the performance of the government should in future...
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...Selected papers from the 9 UN roundtable on communication for development COMMUNICATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT th COMMUNICATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT th Selected papers from the 9 UN roundtable on communication for development Research and Extension Division Natural Resources Management and Environment Department FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2007 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. ISBN 978-92-5-105883-1 All rights reserved. Reproduction and dissemination of material in this information product for educational or other non-commercial purposes are authorized without any prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of material in this information product for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without written permission of the copyright holders. Applications for such permission...
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...Executive Summary This report looks at the corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts and activities undertaken by Grameenphone. CSR is becoming increasingly popular as well as necessary in Bangladesh as the country becomes more and more integrated into the global economy. The importance which organizations, particularly multinational companies, have given to social responsibility is pervading the Bangladesh economy. Grameenphone is one of the pioneers in this field, and it has made some noteworthy contributions to the development of the nation. This report examines some of these efforts and initiatives, including Grameenphone’s commitment to assisting Bangladesh achieve four of the eight the Millennium Development Goals, which are: • Poverty alleviation • Healthcare • Empowerment • Education This report also looks at Grameenphone’s CSR efforts in the areas of environmental awareness and responsibility in the workplace. In addition, it provides a brief overview of the company. Secondary data collection methods were used to collect the data for this report. It can be concluded that Grameenphone’s numerous CSR activities are sufficient and befitting an organization of its size, and its drive to continuously improve its activities is laudatory. Brief Overview of Grameenphone Grameenphone is a telecommunication organization which has been providing its services in Bangladesh since 1997. It is a joint venture enterprise between Norway’s telecommunication...
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...FIRST CIRCULAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION, BHU International Conference on “Education For Achieving Millennium Development Goals” 16-18 November, 2013. Subthemes Achieving universal primary education: Where do we stand Quality versus quantity Issues in education for disadvantaged group Role of govt. schemes, strategies and NGOs Proceeding ahead from universal primary education Education for promoting gender equality and empowering women: Gender biases in curriculum, text book and in whole school ethos: status and its remediation Gender biases in higher education Schemes, strategies and policies for gender equality Education for ensuring environmental sustainability: Environmental education: conceptual and pedagogical implications Environmental ethics education: Need of a paradigm shift Human sustainability: its multidimensional pre-requisites like peace, human rights, citizenship, tolerance etc. Education for Developing a Global Partnership for Development: Internationalisation of higher education International understanding Thinking globally and acting locally Foreign universities in India and abroad Quality issues in developing global partnership and standards Education and its inter-relevance in solving contemporary issues: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Organizing Secretaries: Dr. Meenakshi Singh and...
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...world demand for energy. It is the largest end-use of energy in developed countries and the fastest growing one in most developing countries. Furthermore, adequate, efficient, and effective transport systems are important for access to markets, employment, education and basic services critical to poverty alleviation. Current patterns of transportation development are not sustainable and may compound both environmental and health problems. There is, therefore, a need for urgent action, ranging, inter alia, from the promotion of integrated transport policies and plans, the accelerated phase-out of leaded gasoline, the promotion of voluntary guidelines and the development of partnerships at the national level for strengthening transport infrastructure, promoting and supporting the use of non-motorised transport and developing innovative mass transit schemes. Within the framework of the Commission’s multi-year programme of work, transport was discussed by the Commission at its ninth session in 2001. Countries agreed that international co-operation is required in order to ensure transport systems support sustainable development. Countries stressed the importance of efficient and affordable transport systems for poverty alleviation and the need to mitigate adverse externalities to health and the environment. Support for greater use of public and non-motorized transport was expressed. Transport was further discussed as part of the Plan of Implementation at the...
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