Millenoum Development Goals

Question 1

Name some goals of the Sustainable Development Goals

Answer 1

Zero hunger
No poverty
Good health and wellbeing
Good quality education

Question 2

What suggests that rhey’ve worked

Answer 2

Extreme poverty is now 14%
Maternal mortality decreased by over a third between 1990 and 2015
91% in primary schools
4.2bn have piped drinking water

Question 3

Why should the MDGs not get credit

Answer 3

Extreme poverty drastically reduced due to growth in China - global shift created jobs, increased middle class

Question 4

What progress has there been in subxSaharan Africa

Answer 4

Didn’t reach any of the 8 targets by 2015
Maternal mortality worsening
Due to desertification, land-locked, civil wars, corrupt government e.g. Chad healthcare money into military

Question 5

Name some MDGs

Answer 5

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Improve maternal health
Achieve universal primary education

Question 6

Why won’t SDGs work

Answer 6

Needs 4% of world’s gdp and Western countries have pledged 0.7% of GDP in aid but have only given around 0.3%