Rwanda- UN MDG Research. Nate Phipps

1. RWANDA
RWANDA
POPULATION APPROX. 9MILLION
THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED AFRICAN COUNTRY
AT 3.6% ANNUALLY RWANDA HAS THE FASTEST GROWTH RATE OF ANY
AFRICAN COUNTRY. AT THIS RATE IT WILL DOUBLE IN SIZE IN 20 YEARS
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RWANDA IS THE 17TH POOREST
COUNTRY OUT OF ALL 175
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2. POVERTY
& HUNGER
THE 2007 MDG REPORT SAYS GOALS FOR ERADICATION OF EXTREME
HUNGER WILL LIKELY BE MET BY 2015. HOWEVER GOALS FOR ERADICATION OF
EXTREME POVERTY WILL LIKELY NOT BE MET.
IN 1994 THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE CAUSED POVERTY RATES TO INCREASE
DRAMATCALLY
<$2/DAY
>$2/DAY
<$1/DAY
2006
1990
1994 % OF POPULATION <$1/DAY
2005
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

3. UNIVERSAL
PRIMARY EDUCATION
THE RWANDAN GOVERNMENT IS STRONGLY DEDICATED TO UNIVERSAL
PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION. THEIR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. HAS A
PARTICULAR FOCUS ON GENDER EQUALITY, AIDS AWARENESS, AND A L
APTOP PROGRAM; ALL CRUCIAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION
AND TO MEETING MDG GOALS
THE UN PREDICTS THAT BY 2015 RWANDA WILL MEET ITS MDG GOAL FOR
PRIMARY EDUCATION
85% OF
MALES
ARE
CURRENTLY
88% OF
ENROLLED
FEMALES
IN PRIMARY
ARE
SCHOOLS
CURRENTLY
ENROLLED
IN PRIMARY
SCHOOLS
IN 1990
67% OF
CHILDREN
WERE
ENROLLED IN 2005
IN PRIMARY 92%OF
SCHOOLS CHILDREN
WERE
ENROLLED
IN PRIMARY
SCHOOLS

4. PROMOTE
GENDER
EQUALITY
AS OF THIS MONTH (9/08) RWANDA IS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO
HAVE A DEMOCRATIC BODY IN WHICH WOMEN OUT NUMBER MEN.
RWANDA HAS ALREADY MET MDG FOR GENDER EQUALITY
SINCE THE 1994 GENOCIDE, WHICH EFFECTED WOMEN, PERHAPS MORE
THAN ANYONE ELSERWANDA HAS MADE IT A POINT TO BE PROGRESSIVE IN
THEIR WOMEN’S RIGHTS.
THE LITERACY
GAP IS CURRENTLY
0.1%
RWANDAN
PARLIAMENT
AS OF 9/08
44F 36M

5. REDUCE
CHILD MORTALITY
UNICEF AMOUNG OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING
SPECIFICALLY TO PREVENT CHILD AND MATERNAL MORTAL-
ITY THROUGH EDUCATION, PERSCRIPTION AND COUNSEL-
ING. THEY ALSO SUPPLIMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
ONCE AGAIN THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE OF 1994 MADE A
HUGE IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPEMENT OF THE COUNTRY.
DESPITE THIS THE UN FEELS
THAT RWANDA WILL MEET THE MDG FOR CHILD MORTALITY.
THE LEADING CAUSES OF INFANT MORTALITY ARE NEONA-
TAL COMPLICATION, vDIARRHEA, MALARIA AND PNEUMONIA
C 2.2 2.1
H
I 2
L
D 1.8
M
O 1.6 1.5 1.5
R
T 1.4
A
L 1.2
I
T 1
Y
0.8
O
U 0.6
T
O 0.4
F
1 0.2
0
0
1 1 2 2
9 9 0 0
9 9 0 0
0 5 0 5

6. IMPROVE
MATERNAL HEALTH
THE UN EXPECTS TO MEET MDG FOR MATERNAL HEALTH BEFORE 2015
APPROX. CURRENT
MATERNAL MORTALITY
RATE 1400/100,000
APPROX. MDG
MATERNAL MORTALITY
RATE 975/100,000
250
200
150
100
MATERNAL MORTALITY IS ALMOST BACK
TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE THE GENOCIDE
50
1 2
1 0 2
9 9 0
9 0
9 0 0
0 5 5

7. HIV/AIDS
& OTHER DISEASES
THE UN SAYS THAT GOALS FOR TB AND MALARIA ARE LIKELY
TO BE MET WHILE IT IS STILL HARD TO SAY WHETHER GOALS
FOR AIDS WILL HIT THE MARK.
FIG 1
10,346
170,000 380,000
39,000 FIG 2
FIG 3 8,500,000
2.4
4.9 FIG 4
FIG 1 RED IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE RECEIV
ING ANTIRETROVIRALE TREATMENT. GREY
IS ALL OF THOSE WHO SHOULD BE RECIEV-
INGTREATMENT
FIG 2 THE RED IS THE LOW END OF ESTIMATED
INFECTION, DARK GREY IN ADDITION TO
THE RED IS HIGH END.VLIGHT GREY IS
RWANDA’S POPULATION
FIG 3 PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION INFECTED
WITH MALARIA HIGH END AND LOW END
ESTIMATES, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE
FIG 4 MORTALITY RATE FOR MALARIA %37
FAR BELOW THE BENCHMARK OF %51

8. ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
EXPORTS ARE COFFEE , TEA, HIDES AND TIN ORE
RESOURCES ARE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER, TIN, GOLD, TUNGSTEN,
AND ARABLE LAND
MAIN CROPS ARE COFFEE AND TEA
MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ARE DEFORESTATION, POACH-
ING, SOIL EXHAUSTION AND SOIL EROSION
UN SAYS VERY LIKELY TO MEET MDG GOALS IN THIS AREA.
PERCENTAGEOF
POPULATION WITH
SUSTAINED ACCESS
TO SANITATION 8%
12% SURFACE AREA OF
RWANDA PROTECTED
FOR WILDLIFE

9. GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ENSTATING
‘LAPTOP FOR EVERY CHILD’
UN SAYS RWANDA WILL LIKELY NOT
REACH MDG IN THIS CATEGORY
THE GOVERNMENTIS A REPUBLIC;
PRESIDENTIAL, MULTIPARTY SYSTEM
LAND LINES AND CELL PHONES OWNED
IN RWANDA BY ONLY 2.6% OF POPULATION
COMPUTERS AND INTERNET
HAD BY 0.6% OF POPULATION