Salil presentation un millennium campaign april 2010
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Countdown 2015 :
The power of citizen action
Washington DC, 15 April 2010
2000-‐2009 MDG Scorecard..…
• The single most durable set of global development commitments by governments – withstood 9/11 and its a<ermath
• Provided a strong human development and poverty focus to all global processes – Monterrey, Paris, Accra, Doha, G8 and now G20
• Regional bodies embrace MDGs – AU, SAARC, Asean, EU
• Influenced naMonal planning not only in most poor countries but also several middle income countries like Brazil and Indonesia
• Counterpoint to Washington consensus
2000-‐9 MDG Scorecard….
• Over 35 countries have had their debts cancelled – big increase in poverty-‐focussed public expenditure
• Aid levels have steadily increased – 30% higher than 1992 peak
MDG Outcomes have been very significant
• Over 400 million people come out of poverty since 2000
• 4 million fewer children die • > 30 million more children in school • HIV/AIDS, 30% reducMon in new infecMons in 2008 compared to 1996, 2 m. receiving ARVs
• Big advances in TB, malaria, access to water • 63/117 countries on-‐track on malnutriMon 30 more than in 2006 • Women MPs – 11% in 2000, 18% in 2009
On most individual Goals, over 40 developing countries are on track
• Rwanda
• Tanzania
• Mali
• Zambia
• Mozambique
• Ghana
• Bangladesh
• Nepal
Many of the poorest countries are on track on several Goals
Success: where it ma`ers most!
• Ghana, Nicaragua cut hunger by half from 1991 to 2004
• MalnutriMon rates cut from 22% to 6% in NE Brazil in less than ten years,
• Nigeria doubles producMon and income of farmers from 2001 to 2007
• Malawi goes from 43% food deficit in 2005 to 53% food surplus in 2007
Success: where it ma`ers most!
• U5MR falls by >40% in Malawi, Mozambique, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Niger, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bolivia and Laos
• Ethiopia puts 3 million more kids in school and Tanzania 2 million, doubling school enrollment from 2001 to 2006
• Honduras reduced MMR by 40% from 1990 to 2005
Why are these countries more on track?
a. Leadership from the top b. Global MDGs adapted to NaMonal Goals c. Clear Plan, Policies & Strategies d. MDGs prioriMsed in the allocaMon of
domesMc and external resources in the budget
e. High focus on improving delivery mechanisms for the poor
Why are some countries more on track?
e. Greater accountability and transparency at all levels – more ciMzen engagement
f. More media and public debate
g. InternaMonal donors line up behind naMonal prioriMes
Countdown 2015: the obstacle course
• Financial crisis – separaMng real impact from using this as an excuse
• Food and Climate crisis – more acute • Governance and exclusion crisis – naMonal and global; significant increase in inequality
• Trade crisis – Doha impasse and new protecMonism
• Big challenges in areas of conflict, in MMR and sanitaMon
MDG Achievement – a ma`er of poliMcal choice
• Total amount given as bail outs in the last year is esMmated at $18 trillion – cumulaMve aid in the last 49 years is less than $2 tr.
• Total spent on arms in 2008 $1.46 trillion – aid was about $120 billion
• Resources lost through corrupMon by leaders of poor countries, o<en colluding with western governments and corporaMons, and mindless wars could have more than achieved MDGs
Citizen action on MDGs needs a second wind to build political will
Peoples’ MDG Progress Reports
MDG People’s Forums and Policy Roundtables
Stand Up Take AcNon for the MDGs
The global people’s movement for the MDGs is stronger than ever—over 173 million people stood up against poverty and for the MDGs this year, breaking
another Guinness World Record!
UN MDG Review Summit Sept 2010: Agreeing the 2010-‐15 Breakthrough AcNon Plan
• Accelerate progress based on what’s worked : This will moMvate governments and people and create naMonal ownership
• Move the ac6on to the local: Strong focus on poor and excluded, parMcularly women, disaggregated informaMon and analysis
• Get serious about accountability: From local to naMonal to global
What you can do!
• InteracMve Hearings in June • Outcome document negoMaMons: Apr-‐June
• U.S. Government Progress Report/InterAcMon assessment
• NaMonal Government DelegaMon
• Obama AcMon Plan
• AcMons in the South and globally incl G8/G20 • Stand Up for the MDGs – 17-‐19 Sept
UN MDG Review Summit: Web portal for civil society
www.un-‐ngls.org/mdg2010