Question 3 What do you understand by the Millennium Development…
Question Answered step-by-step Question 3 What do you understand by the Millennium Development… Question 3What do you understand by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? 2. How far has Tanzania gone towards achieving these goals? To answer this question, some quantitative measures are required. Consider the targets for the MDGs as set out on Page 25 of the textbook. do the following table, by filling in the blanks, in order to assess Tanzania’s progress in achieving the MDGs using the data from the Human Development Report 2016 which is available on the Internet at http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-report-2016-human-development-everyone GoalTargetQuantitative measure1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hungerReduce by half the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day% Population below income poverty line of PPP $1.90 a day (2005-2014) pp. 218-219Value=?2. Achieve universal primary educationEnsure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling2010-2015 gross primary enrolment ratio (% of primary school-age population) pp. 230-233Value=?3. Promote gender equality and empower womenEliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably in 2005; and at all levels by 2015Youth (15-24) literacy rate (Ratio of female to male rate) 2005-2015. Computed from the data presented on pp. 230-233 Value=?________4. Reduce child mortalityReduce by two-thirds the mortality rate among children under 5Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) 2015pp. 226-229 Value=?5. Improve maternal healthReduce by three-quarters the maternal mortality ratioPhysicians (per 10000 people) 2001-2014 pp. 226-229Value=?6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseasesHalt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDSHIV prevalence, adult (% ages 15-49) 2015 pp. 226-229_Value=?____7. Ensure environmental sustainabilityReduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking waterFreshwater withdrawals (% total renewable water resources) 2005-2014 pp. 264-268Value=?8. Develop a global partnership for developmentDeal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order make debt sustainable in the long termTotal debt service (as % of GNI) in 2014 pp. 234-237Value=? 3. Use the information you compiled for Part (ii) to write brief comments on Tanzania’s accomplishments towards achieving MDGs. Business Economics ECON 2P17 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
