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This year’s report on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) highlights several milestones. The target of reducing extreme poverty by half has been reached five years ahead of the 2015 deadline, as has the target of halving the proportion of people who lack dependable access to improved sources of drinking water. Conditions for more than 200 million people living in slums have been ameliorated—double the 2020 target. Primary school enrolment of girls equalled that of boys, and we have seen accelerating progress in reducing child and maternal mortality. |
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The Asia-Pacific region has registered impressive progress on many Millennium Development Goal (MDG) indicators, but is still lagging on some important targets, particularly those related to health. Across the region there are striking disparities in achievement, both between and within countries. If they are to reach the MDG targets many countries will need to step up their efforts to extend health services to their most vulnerable people. |
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The Asia-Pacific High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Assessment of Progress against Commitments in the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and the Millennium Development Goals was convened in Bangkok from 6 to 8 February 2012. The Meeting was organized by ESCAP in partnership with seven other United Nations entities, namely: the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
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This publication presents a mid term review of the achievements gained and the challenges that needs to be addressed, in the process of meeting the MDG targets. It is my fervent wish that the indicators herein will shed some light on under-served areas, so that concerned authorities could use the information for effective remedial actions. |
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During the Millennium Summit of 2000, leaders of 189 United Nations (UN) member states, including those from the Pacific island countries (PICs), endorsed the Millennium Declaration and adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). |
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More than 10 years have passed since world leaders established goals and targets to free humanity from extreme poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease. The Millennium Declaration and the MDG framework for accountability derived from it have inspired development efforts and helped set global and national priorities and focus subsequent actions. Download this publication |
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In September 2000, 189 UN member states adopted the UN Millennium Declaration, formulating a series of specific goals for human development called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals cover the economy, society, the environment and five other sectors. Most goals set 1990 as the baseline year and 2015 as the target year. The MDGs are now the most comprehensive, authoritative and clear-cut set of goals that exist towards the development of the international community. Download this publication |
 | One of the greatest MDG successes in Asia and the Pacific has been on poverty reduction. Between 1990 and 2008, the countries of the region reduced the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day from 1.5 billion to 947 million, and the region is on track for the poverty goal. Moreover, for some other indicators the Asia-Pacific region as a whole has already achieved the targets – for reducing gender disparities in primary, secondary and tertiary education enrolment, for example, for preventing a rise in HIV prevalence, for stopping the spread of tuberculosis, for reducing consumption of ozone-depleting substances, and for halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water. Download this publication |
 | Asia-Pacific Regional Report 2009/10 This is the latest in a series of reports for Asia and the Pacific on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Coming in the midst of the global financial and economic turmoil, it should offer a unique opportunity to redress the information balance – to register the impact on the poor and the implications for the achievement of the Goals. However, it is difficult to offer a fully up-to-date report since reality has been moving too fast for the MDG data to keep pace. Judgements about whether countries across the region are on or off track to meet the Goals must be based on longer-term trends. Download this publication |
