Reducing The Development Gap Flashcards
5 problems faced by LEDCs before 2000
1999, 1.75 billion people (half of all LEDC population) was living on less that $1.25 a day
High infant mortality and maternal rates
Education not universally available and inequality towards women
Environmental impacts of global warming threatened many fragile environments, especially in LEDCs that lacked economic and technological resources to deal with these issues
LEDCs high in debt to INTERNATIONAL BANKS caused by large scale borrowing to finance development projects in 1960s
When was the millennium development goals introduced
Launched by the UNITED NATIONS in September 2000
What did the MDGs consist of
8 goals devised by the UN to help development in LEDCs from 2000-2015
To ensure consistency of the progress on each of these goals, each target was monitored by a series of indicators
What were the 4 aims of the MDGs
Reduce poverty and its associated problems (poverty, education, hunger and disease) >goals 1-6
Promote gender equality > goal 3
Work towards environmental stability > goal 7
Establish a global partnership for development > goal 8
What are the 8 millennium development goals
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Combat hiv/aids, maleria and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop a global partnership for development
How would the MDG be financed (3)
Through aid DONATED BY MEDCs to the world bank and administered by the development assistance committee (DAC)
NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGO) such as Oxfam and private donations e.g the Bill Gate’s Foundation
DEBT RELIEF PROGRAMMES were to be extended in the hope that developing countries could contribute in part towards their own development
What made MDGs different from other development initiatives
The goals worked within the context of the UN definition of development, which sees economic development as a means to provide social development
These goals weee to be achieved within a period of years
What is MDG goal 1
ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
What is goal 1 target 1
Halve the proportion of people whose income was less than $1.25
Was gaol 1 target 1 achieved
ACHIEVED
3 reasons why gaol 1 target 1 was achieved
Extreme poverty has been significantly reduced over the last 20 years. In 1990 over half of the population in LEDCs lived
