Millenium Development Goals
NAME : FELIX JOHN
REG NO : BIT -001-2934/2011
UNIT : DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AND SOCIAL ETHICS HRD 2102
TASK:
TO WHAT EXTENT HAS KENYA MET THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS. GIVE REASONS
The main objective of the Millennium Declaration was to define a common vision for development by 2015. With this endorsement, Kenya set a limited number of achievable goals to be attained by the year 2015 through achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals are: 1) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 2) Achieve universal primary education 3) Promote gender equality and empower women 4) Reduce Child Mortality 5) Improve Maternal Health 6) Combat HIV AND AIDS, Malaria and Other diseases 7) Ensure Environmental sustainability 8) Develop a Global Partnership for development
GOAL 1------Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
This goal had 3 targets in place:
Target A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day.
Indicators for Monitoring Progress: • 1) Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day 2) Poverty gap ratio 3) Share of poorest quintile (one fifth ) in national consumption, where households are divided into quintiles according to their gross consumption
Target B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people
Indicators for Monitoring Progress: 1) Growth rate of GDP per person employed 2) Employment-to-population ratio 3) Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day 4) Proportion of own account and contributing family workers in total employment
Target 1.C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
Indicators for Monitoring Progress: 1)
REG NO : BIT -001-2934/2011
UNIT : DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AND SOCIAL ETHICS HRD 2102
TASK:
TO WHAT EXTENT HAS KENYA MET THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS. GIVE REASONS
The main objective of the Millennium Declaration was to define a common vision for development by 2015. With this endorsement, Kenya set a limited number of achievable goals to be attained by the year 2015 through achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals are: 1) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 2) Achieve universal primary education 3) Promote gender equality and empower women 4) Reduce Child Mortality 5) Improve Maternal Health 6) Combat HIV AND AIDS, Malaria and Other diseases 7) Ensure Environmental sustainability 8) Develop a Global Partnership for development
GOAL 1------Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
This goal had 3 targets in place:
Target A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day.
Indicators for Monitoring Progress: • 1) Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day 2) Poverty gap ratio 3) Share of poorest quintile (one fifth ) in national consumption, where households are divided into quintiles according to their gross consumption
Target B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people
Indicators for Monitoring Progress: 1) Growth rate of GDP per person employed 2) Employment-to-population ratio 3) Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day 4) Proportion of own account and contributing family workers in total employment
Target 1.C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
Indicators for Monitoring Progress: 1)