Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The Millennium Development Goals

Goal 1 - Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
"Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day"
Qatar doesn't have the appropriate statistics to show whether or not people live on less then $1 a day in Qatar.

"Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people"
Qatar has an employment rate of .6%

"Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger"
Qatar doesn't have the appropriate statistics to show if there are any children who are underweight.

Goal 2 -Achieve Universal Primary Education
"Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling"
89% of people above the age of 15 are able to read and write in Qatar

According to the CIA website 13 years is the life expectancy in schools

Goal 3 - Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
"Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015"
Secondary school enrollment ratio 109% and a gross primary school enrollment ratio 102% for women according to the CIA factbook.

Goal 4 -Reduce Child Mortality
"Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate"
Every year 7 out of 100 children die at birth according to the Population Reference Bureau

Goal 5 - Improve Maternal Health
"Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio"
According to the WHO 100% of births were attended by skilled health personnel's

Goal 6 - Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases
There are no reported cases of HIV/AIDS in Qatar
Malaria is not an endemic in Qatar
According to the WHO 94% of 1 year-olds have immunization against DTP3

Goal 7 - Ensure Environmental Sustainability
"Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss"
Qatar produces 48.3 metric tons of CO2 emissions every year according to World Population Data Sheet

Goal 8 - Develop a Global Partnership for Development
"Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system"

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