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Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Nepal


Making Millennium Development Goals based National Interim Plan (New)

The Government of Nepal (GoN) has requested the UN System to help finalize the Three Year Interim Plan and make it MDG-based. Under this initiative, the MDGI team together with the UNCT in Nepal and UN Regional Offices, is working closely with the Government to assist in aligning the Three-year Interim Plan and subsequent national development plans with the MDGs.

The UN, under this initiative, has been providing a number of services at the request of the Government. These include: review of the Approach Paper and the sectoral chapters of the Interim Plan from an MDG perspective; drafting a background chapter on poverty MDGs and human development in line with the Approach Paper as a framework for the sectoral chapters; a capacity mapping exercise with a special focus on local level implementation; and MDG Needs Assessment.

The Steering Committee for the MDG Needs Assessment met at the National Planning Commission chaired by Dr. Posh Raj Pandey, Hon'ble Member as part of the institutional set up for the Needs Assessment. The Government formed an inter-ministerial Thematic Task Forces to undertake the Needs Assessment and the training of the Task Forces was organised in Kathmandu in the month of October. The training was provided to senior and mid-level government staff directly engaged in planning and programming at the National Planning Commission, Ministry of Finance, Sectoral Ministries and the Central Bureau of Statistics.

The MDG Initiative (MDGI) is the UN response to the World Summit. The MDGI offers countries a 'menu' of services adapted to the national development context and national needs. It comprises three essential pillars related to MDG-based national development strategies: MDG-based needs assessments and diagnostics; widening access to policy options; and strengthening national capacity to deliver.


Millennium Development Goals District Progress Reports

The Government of Nepal and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have jointly produced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Progress Report for five districts of Nepal-Chitwan, Kanchanpur, Morang, Bhaktapur and Banke.

The purpose of producing these reports is to localize the MDGs at the district level, and internalise the thrust of the MDGs among the concerned stakeholders. These reports were prepared at the helm of the District Development Committees with the participation of local government officials, civil society, private sector and the media.

It is expected that the district level indicators reported in the MDGs District Progress Reports will immensely help in producing realistic district level periodic plans. The reports will also be a guiding document for the national government while formulating the interim plan thereby moving towards achieving the nation's MDGs. UNDP will further take these progress reports at the district level to stir debates and discussions among the local people.
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A report, 'Voices of the People on Development' has been produced jointly by the Government of Nepal and UNDP which is a collection of case studies aimed at helping the policy makers and public at large to understand the benefits, problems, challenges and issues regarding the status and achievements made in the areas of the MDGs through the experiences and voices of the ordinary people. This will help put the voices of the poor, marginalised and excluded in the planning - quantitative average values of MDG indicators - which generally come from large household surveys. This will also give feedback to the government organisations and other service providers for improving the service delivery to the needy people.


What will it take to meet the Goals in Nepal?
Shortly after the Government of Nepal confirmed its commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, UNDP initiated an assessment of required development activities and resources in order for the nation to reach the goals by 2015. The Millennium Development Goals Needs Assessment Report for Nepal was launched in October 2006. The assessment comprises a key planning tool, providing the analytical basis for preparing the nation's next poverty reduction plan. The assessment also has the potential to help coordinate all activities geared towards meeting the Goals.

The Millennium Development Goals Needs Assessment Report for Nepal 2006 shows that the Government must make a public investment of US$ 12.6 billion over the next decade if the Goals are to be reached. More than half that money must be channelled to reducing hunger, improving education and, critically, developing infrastructure. A poor transport network, lack of market access and limited electricity is hindering growth, especially in rural areas where most Nepalese live. The Report shows that donors must double their funding for development in Nepal over the next ten years.

Millennium Development Goals Progress Report, 2001 and 2005

Through technical and financial assistance, the United Nations supported the Government to produce two progress reports detailing the nation's advancement towards meeting the Goals. The latest such report entitled: Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Nepal was published in 2005.

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This training was provided to senior and mid-level government staff directly engaged in planning and programming at the National Planning Commission, Central Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance and other Sectoral Ministries.


What are the Goals?


The Millennium Development Goals are an ambitious agenda for reducing poverty and improving lives that world leaders agreed on at the Millennium Summit in September 2000. For each of the eight goals one or more targets have been set, most for 2015, using 1990 as a benchmark. Here's how Nepal is doing on the goals:

Goal One
  • Halve the proportion of people living below the national poverty line by 2015. Likely
  • Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger between 1990 and 2015. Potentially
Goal Two
  • Ensure that by 2015 children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. Unlikely
Goal Three
  • Achieve equal access for boys and girls to primary and secondary education by 2005 and to all levels of education no later than 2015. Potentially
Goal Four
  • Reduce under five mortality by two-thirds by 2015. Likely
Goal Five
  • Reduce maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters by 2015. Potentially
Goal Six
  • Halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015. Unlikely
  • Halt and reverse the incidence of malaria and other diseases by 2015. Potentially
  • Halt and reverse the incidence of tuberculosis by 2015. Likely
Goal Seven
  • Reverse loss of environmental resources. Potentially
  • Halve the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water. Likely
Goal Eight
  • Develop a global partnership for development.

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