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This is the graph that tells the sorry tale. Only Four MDGs achieved. And no prospect of completing them until 2022!!! And much much worse in Africa.

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Page 1: Shape the future

This is the graph that tells the

sorry tale.

Only Four MDGs achieved.

And no prospect of completing them

until 2022!!!

And much much worse in Africa.

Page 2: Shape the future

1. Having specific targets and

deadlines meant that

countries could be held to

account

2. They were easy for everyone

to understand

3. They brought “attention to

the many people who still live

in abject poverty”

(The Economist)

4. Without the MDGs there

would have not been the same

progress.

5. “The rate of progress in

reducing poverty …and

improving essential services

has been unparalleled”

(Overseas Development Institute)

6. 15 years after they were

made up, they are still

headline news all over the

world. That has to be good.

1. The MDGs have increased

inequalities within countries;

they miss out the poorest.

(www.odi.org.uk). Paul Collier

says in The Bottom Billion

that we are failing the

bottom billion.

2. The MDGs were unfair to

Africa; their successes were

made to look like failures.

(William Easterly, NYU 2008)

3. The MDGs should include

human rights laws, so that

“governments can be held to

account”

(Amnesty International)

4. Giving aid directly to corrupt

governments is wasteful.

5. They did not tackle the root

causes of poverty, such as

unfair trade, debt

repayments and conflict.

Page 3: Shape the future

Star diagram Showing how MDG2 helps to solve all the other MDGs

Page 4: Shape the future

Fragile states account for one-fifth

of the population of Developing

Countries, but half of all the children

not in primary school and half the

children who die before their 5th

birthday (DFID)

Conflict prevention is at the heart

of UK work to support

development (DFID)

GDP/capita

BEFORE conflict

GDP/capita

AFTER conflict

Sierra Leone

Guinea-Bissau

DR Congo

Burundi

Rwanda

$214

$240

$122

$207

$306

$150

$176

$103

$143

$181

“Of the 34 countries furthest from

reaching the Millennium

Development Goals, 22 are in the

midst of – or emerging from –

violent conflict”. (DFID, 2010)

Conflict causes:

Many deaths, even after the

war has ended (eg landmines)

Huge loss of money, on

average $64 billion per year

Disease, which kills more

people than weapons, and

affects other countries

Lack of food and starvation

Refugees, which affect

countries nearby

Fewer people working on

farms and in factories

Acute poverty, even after the

war

Terrorism, which affects other

countries

One million orphans in the last

10 years

Less aid to be given to the

country

Conflict is often about inequality; download

this app to learn about peace and justice in

community. Effect community development

can put an end to violence

Conflict is often about inequality; download

this app to learn about peace and justice in

community. Effect community development

can put an end to violence.

Page 5: Shape the future

“Africa does not need charity – Africa needs

investment and partnership” (Ban Ki-Moon, UN

Secretary-General)

DID YOU KNOW?

Africa has 2 of the top 3 fastest growing economies in the world.

The number of middle-class Africans has tripled over the last 30

years.

Guinea Worm is a nasty disease but it is now almost eradicated.

This partnership specialises in

investment, not aid. Already, 1.3

million Malawians have benefitted.

Schools as Partners

Eg Hutchesons’ Grammar School and N.S.A.M. High School,

Nitte, India

Communities as Partners

Eg Fintry and Sambel Kunda, The Gambia.