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This paper presents the Malawi government's statement of progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The goals are implemented in Malawi through the medium term development strategy known as the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS). The strategy, which runs from 2006 to 2011, aims at
creating wealth through sustainable economic growth as a means of reducing poverty. Initially the strategy focused on six priority areas, which have been revised to nine since 2009.
The 2010 Millennium Development Goals report provides an update with respect to achievements Malawi has made on the attainment of the MDGs. The authors assert that the assessment has clearly shown that the country is on track to attaining MDG targets by the year 2015. Stakeholders engaged in development activities in various sectors of the economy - agriculture and food security, health, education, environment, gender - will be pleased to see the impacts of their efforts through the quantitative assessments made in this report.
This 2010 assessment on progress achieved in attaining the eight MDGs shows positive results. Five of the goals are likely to be achieved, and the other three are in doubt not for lack of effort to achieve them but due to the fact that the country had a much lower starting base compared to other countries. The five MDG targets that are likely to be achieved are on eradicating extreme poverty, reducing infant mortality, combating HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing global partnership for development. The three that are in doubt are on achieving universal primary education, reducing gender inequality and maternal mortality. |
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