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Millennium Development Goals in Ethiopia

As indicated in the Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty in Ethiopia (PASDEP), Ethiopia’s PRSP, the Government of Ethiopia is committed to poverty reduction and attainment of MDGs. Ethiopia launched its first PRSP, the Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Programme, in 2002 and produced the first MDG report on July 4, 2004.

To monitor and campaign for the MDGs at the country level, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) and the UN Country Team embarked on a process of translating the goals into the local context. The report identified MDG targets that are consistent with Ethiopia's Poverty Reduction Strategy and other national development policies and strategies.

Ethiopia has also undertaken a MDG’ Needs Assessment which served as a basis for the formulation of a ten-year MDG Needs Assessment Strategy. PASDEP is full consistent with the MDG strategy and covers the first five years of the overall strategy duration. UNDP has played a lead role in supporting the Government to undertake the needs assessment and formulate  the MDG Strategy. Ethiopia is one of the few countries which have developed MDG-ized national development plans.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, UNDP is also planning to initiate the refinement of the MDG Needs Assessment and produce the second MDG Report this year. This exercise is particularly useful as it informs the formulation of the national development plan in 2010 for the period covering the second five years of the MDG Strategy. The refinement of the MDG Needs Assessment is particularly useful, as it helps to look at the targets and resource requirement to achieve the MDGs in Ethiopia. It will also take into consideration recent developments regarding the methodologies for undertaking MDGs needs assessments worldwide.

In terms of advocacy for achievement of MDGs, UNDP has provided and continues to provide support to the Government and other stakeholders in terms of popularizing MDGs through publication of advocacy materials such as flyers, brochures, etc in English as well as in some local languages.

Status of MDG Targets for Ethiopia
MDG Goals Indicators  2000/01    2004/05 2005/06  PASDEP Target    END OF 2009/10 
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   44.2% 38.7% 36.5%  29.2% 
Halve, between 19990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger       37.7%35.6%  27.6%
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     
 		61.6% 79.8% 91.3% 109%
(% increase from 2004/05 Base Year)
Goal: 3
Promote Gender Equality and empower women 		Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and to all levels of education no later than 2015(Girls /boys ratio)   0.87  0.90  0.97 
Goal: 4
Reduce Child Mortality		Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate 167/1000  140/1000  123/1000  85/1000  
Goal: 5
Improve maternal health		Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio   871/100,000 673/100,000 600/100,000 
Goal: 6
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases		Have halted by 2015, and begun to reverse, the spread of  HIV/AIDS   7.3%f (prevalence)  3.5%( prevalence)   
Have halted by 2015, and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other  major diseases (Proportion of households in malaria exposed areas with 2 bed nets, properly utilized. (%)    
 43 91100 
Goal: 7
Ensure Environmental Sustainability		Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water      42%47.2% 87% 
By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers (reduce slum areas)     70% 35% 
Goal: 8
Develop A global partnership for Development 		     

Summarized from: Ethiopia: Building on Progress: A Plan for Accelerated and Sustained
Development to End Poverty (PASDEP) Annual Progress Report 2006/07; Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) Page 128

 Contact: 

Fekadu Terefe
MDGs/Gender/CSOs Advisor
Tel: +251 11 544 4282; +251 11 551 5177
E-mail: Fekadu.terefe@undp.org

OR

Girma B Hailu
MDG Support Country Advisor
Tel: +251 11 551 5177; +251 11 544 4245
E-mail: Girma.B.Hailu@undp.org

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