Presentation by Yehualashet Mekonen (ACPF) during the High Level Policy Forum - After 2015: Promoting Pro-poor Policy after the MDGs - Brussels, 23 June 2009 - http://www.bit.ly/after2015
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After 2015 Agenda for Africa - Why development should be seen from individual persons perspective
1. After 2015 Agenda for Africa
Why development should be seen from
individual persons perspective
Yehualashet Mekonen
Coordinator, Information and Statistics
The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)
23rd June 2009, Brussels
2. The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF)
An independent pan-African policy and advocacy
centre on child rights and wellbeing.
Mission: to put children in Africa at the centre of
public and political agenda
It also aims to contribute to:
Knowledge generation
Identifying policy options
Strengthening the capacity of NGOs, GOs
3. The African Report on Child Wellbeing
Ranking based on the Child-
friendliness Index
An African voice for children
Rich in information and
analysis
Policy recommendations
www.africanchildforum.org
4. Human Development in Africa
Expanding people’s choice
Ensuring people’s enjoyment of their civil and political rights
Two sets of initiatives:
Initiatives by Africa
Programmes initiated for Africa
Initiatives by Africa
Were opposed and not supported
Based on the principles– self-reliance, self-sustainment and
socio-economic transformation
5. Human Development in Africa…
Development programmes initiated for Africa:
Prescriptions by the global financial
institutions
The infamous structural adjustment
Poverty was highly rampant
6. The Millennium Declaration and Goals
Africa’s special need recognised
Pledge to support for poverty eradication and
sustainable development
Bringing Africa into the world economy
Key role in monitoring development
A framework for international development
cooperation
7. Current Status of Poverty in Africa
Poverty remains generally high in Africa
the proportion of the poor in Africa is in the
range of 50 – 60 percent
A slight decline in the last few years (prior the
food crisis)
8. People in sub-Saharan Africa living on less than
$1.25 a day (2005 PPP) by year
People in sub-Saharan Africa living on less than
$1.25 a day (2005 PPP) by year
60
380
58 Share of the
Share of population (%)
population (%)
Number (millions)
56 Number of people
(millions)
54 330
52
50 280
1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005
Year
9. Current Status of Poverty in Africa…
Increase in the absolute number of people
living in poverty
Child poverty is very serious concern
Incidence of poverty higher among children
than adults
In Ethiopia: child poverty was 3
percentage-points higher in 2004/2005.
10. Current Status of Poverty in Africa…
Nutrition
Underweight among children under-five is
estimated 28 percent in SSA (2007)
It was 31 percent around 2000
The actual number of children who suffer
from malnutrition increased by 12 percent.
It was nearly 32 million in 2000
Increased to 36 million in 2007
11. Increase in the number of underweight children
Increase in the number of underweight children
30
20
Chad
In absolute number
Eritrea
In percentage
Niger
10
SSA
Ethiopia
0
-10
12. Impact of climate change in Africa
Shrinking lakes and
reduction in reserviors
Shortage of water
Recurrent drought due to
erratic rain
Vulnerability to food
security
13. Access to Education
Investing in human capital is critical for economic growth and
poverty reduction
Access to primary and secondary
Encouraging developments
All except sub-Saharan Africa will meet the goal: universal
primary enrolment
Net enrolment ratio reached 71 percent in sub-Saharan Africa
14. Pupil-to-teacher ratio in countries with high net
enrolment rate (90+) for 2006
Rwanda 69
Madagascar 49
Sao Tome and Principe 31
Mauritius 22
Seychelles 12
World 25
Sub-Saharan Africa 45
0 20 40 60 80
15. Quality of Education
Survival rate to last primary grade lower
Low quality of education hurts the poor
Preoccupation with primary education
Secondary enrolment (net)
Female - 24%
Male – 28%
The need to emphasis on secondary and tertiary
education
Improving quality at all levels
16. Agenda for 2015
No more universal targets
Qualifying indicators on quality
Population dynamics
Long-term capacity building programmes on:
Science
Technology
Policy space