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Report Card Report Card for the for the World World By Lin Carlson By Lin Carlson and Joanne and Joanne Dufour Dufour Monitoring Progress Monitoring Progress Toward Meeting the Toward Meeting the Millennium Millennium Development Goals Development Goals
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Report Card for the World. Monitoring Progress Toward Meeting the Millennium Development Goals. By Lin Carlson and Joanne Dufour. Objective. Provide information and resources on MDGs that can be used with students in the classroom. Content. Introductions Assessment Overview of MDGs - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Report Card Report Card for the World for the World
By Lin Carlson and By Lin Carlson and Joanne DufourJoanne Dufour
Monitoring Progress Toward Monitoring Progress Toward Meeting the Millennium Meeting the Millennium Development GoalsDevelopment Goals
ObjectiveObjective
Provide information Provide information and resources on and resources on MDGs that can be MDGs that can be used with students in used with students in the classroom.the classroom.
ContentContent
IntroductionsIntroductions AssessmentAssessment Overview of MDGsOverview of MDGs Classroom ActivityClassroom Activity Resources/ websitesResources/ websites
Assessment Activity - InstructionsAssessment Activity - Instructions
UN Millennium Development GoalsUN Millennium Development Goals1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
MDGs continuedMDGs continued
7. Ensure environmental 7. Ensure environmental sustainabilitysustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for 8. Develop a global partnership for developmentdevelopment
We are now at the midpoint between the adoption of the MDGs and the 2015 target date. So far, our collective record is mixed. The results presented in this report suggest that there have been some gains, and that success is still possible in most parts of the world. But they also point to how much remains to be done.
There is a clear need for political leaders to take urgent and concerted action, or many millions of people will not realize the basic promises of the MDGs in their lives.
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General
Progress in Achieving Goal One in Developing Countries
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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
2004
1999
1990
Yea
r
Percent of Population
Percent Living in Extreme Poverty
1. Decrease Extreme Poverty by Half1. Decrease Extreme Poverty by Half Worldwide, the number of people in Worldwide, the number of people in developing countries living on less developing countries living on less than $1 a day fell to 980 million in than $1 a day fell to 980 million in 2004 – down from 1.25 billion in 2004 – down from 1.25 billion in 1990.1990.
UN Millenium Development Goals Report 2007
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/mdg2007.pdf
•.World Bank Global Monitoring Report 2007
2. Universal Primary 2. Universal Primary Education Education In developing countries, enrollment has increased to 88% in 2005. The number of children out of school fell from 103 million in 1999 to 73 million in 2006.
Progress in Achieving Goal Two in Developing Countires
76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90
2005
1999
1991
Yea
r
Percent Enrolled in Primary School
Students enrolled in primary school
Sub Saharan Africa has made progress Sub Saharan Africa has made progress but still falls short of global progressbut still falls short of global progress
Goal Two: Sub-Saharan Africa
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
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Students enrolled in Primary School
3. Promote gender equality and 3. Promote gender equality and empower womenempower women
When a country educates its girls, its mortality rates usually fall, fertility rates decline, and the health and education prospects of the next generation improve.
World Bank Global Monitoring Report 2007: Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States
Employment opportunities for women are slowly increasing
4. Reduce child mortality4. Reduce child mortality
In 2006, for the first time in recent history, the total number of annual deaths among children under the age of five fell below 10 million, to 9.7 million. (UNICEF Report 2008)
Most die from causes that are readily preventable or curable with existing intervention.
UNICEF Report 2008
5. Improve maternal health 5. Improve maternal health Proportion of deliveries attended by skilled health care personnel has increased between 1990 and 2005.
World Bank Global Monitoring
Report 2007
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseasesdiseases
The incidence of tuberculosis is leveling off globally, but the TB is much more likely in developing regions.
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1990 2000 2005
Year
TB Cases per 100,000 Population
Developed Regions
Developing Regions
7. Ensure environmental sustainability7. Ensure environmental sustainability
UN Millenium Development Goals Report 2007http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/mdg2007.pdf
The proportion of the population using improved sanitation is increasing.
8. Develop a global partnership for development
In 2005, aid rose to a record $106.8 billion due to large debt relief operations.
Donors Percentage of GNI in 2005UN Target: 0.7%
Lesson Plan Activity
Lesson Plans and Resources Manual for Teachershttp://endpoverty2015.org/links/goto/180/39/links_related
OverviewStudents read a story about a girl in a developing country and find passages that intrigue, perplex, excite, or enrage them. They have the opportunity to lead a discussion as they become the teacher, inviting other students to comment on a quotation. After students have had their interest piqued, you place all issues facing the girl in columns that correspond to the eight MDGs and give a brief didactic lesson about the formation of and need for the MDGs, and their importance to the world.
Student Voices Against Poverty The Millennium Campaign Curriculum Project
2.1: The History of the Millennium Development Goals
Resources
Thanks to the following groups. If you use these materials, please give credit to the source.MDG Video from Good Magazine
Pictures and logos from United Nations Development Program www.undp.org and Global Citizens Network volunteers www.globalcitizens.org
Puget Sound Millennium Goals Project www.mgoals.org
RESULTS www.results.org
Presenters Contact Information:
Joanne Dufour [email protected]
Lin Carlson [email protected]
