Haiti& Cote D’Ivoire A Comparison of Shyenne Hofmeister & Lydia Falk

ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER -The MDG target has been met, poverty rates have been halved between 1990 and 2010, but 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty. -One in eight people still go to bed hungry, despite major progress -Globally, nearly one in six children under age five are underweight; one in four are stunted. -An estimated 7 per cent of children under age five worldwide are now overweight, another aspect of malnutrition; one quarter of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa. (taken from UNDP.org)

Cote D’Ivoire $1,053 Haiti $758 GDP per Capita The GDP per capita is a measure of a country’s standard of living. The standard of living will indicate if there is poverty in the country. If the GDP per capita is low, there is poverty. Cote D’Ivoire has a higher number so there is less poverty than Haiti. The people in both countries are hungry and in poverty. There is a long way to go before this problem will be fixed.

ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION -Too many children are still denied their right to primary education, if current trends continue the world will not meet the goal of universal primary education by More than half of these out-of school children live in sub-Saharan Africa. -Educating the people will help them overcome poverty and increase their standard of living (taken from UNDP.org)

Cote D’Ivoire Male- 59% Female- 56% Haiti Male- 48% Female- 52% Primary School (Net Attendance) The net attendance is the percentage of primary school aged children who are attending school. Comparing the actual numbers of children going to school will easily indicate how far the country needs to go in order to reach the goal. Both Cote D’Ivoire and Haiti are doing better than anticipated. Cote D’Ivoire is doing slightly better but there is still a lot of children not in school.

PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN -Gender parity is closest to being achieved at the primary level; however, only 2 out of 130 countries have achieved that target at all levels of education. -Globally, 40 out of 100 wage-earning jobs in the non-agricultural sector are held by women. -As of 31 January 2013, the average share of women members in parliaments worldwide was just over 20 per cent. (taken from UNDP.org)

Primary- 83% Secondary- no data available Haiti Primary- no data available Secondary- no data available Cote D’Ivoire Enrolment for Primary & Secondary School To measure women’s equality, we compared how many women are in primary and secondary schools. Most boys are educated but not as many girls are. Looking at the amount of women in school will indicate how much equality and opportunities there are for women in each country. Since there is no data available for Haiti it makes it difficult to compare them but there might not be information gathered on women attendance.

REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY RATE -The target is to reduce by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015, the under five years old mortality rate, from 93 children of every 1,000 dying to 31 of every 1,000. (taken from UNDP.org)

Cote D’Ivoire 115 deaths per 1,000 live births Haiti 70 deaths per 1,000 births Under 5 Mortality Rate The under 5 mortality rate will show how many children under the age of five years old are dying. The lower the number, the better. Haiti has a lower number so less children under the age of five are dying there than in Cote D’Ivoire. Haiti has reached the less than 90 deaths goal but not the less than 31 deaths. Cote D’Ivoire has not reached either goal yet.

IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH -Maternal mortality has declined by nearly half since 1990, but falls far short of the MDG target. -The targets for improving maternal health include reducing by three-fourths the maternal mortality ratio and achieve universal access to reproductive health. -Poverty and lack of education perpetuate high adolescent birth rates. -Inadequate funding for family planning is a major failure in fulfilling commitments to improving women’s reproductive health. (taken from UNDP.org)

Cote D’Ivoire Haiti Mortality Rate per 100,000 live births- 350 Skilled attendant at birth- 26% Mortality Rate per 100,000 live births- 400 Skilled attendant at birth- 59% Maternal Mortality Rate and Skilled Attendant at Birth To measure the maternal health care, we compared the maternal mortality rate and the percentage of births where a skilled attendant is present. These two measurements show where the country is currently at with their maternal health care. The mortality rate should have a low number so both countries have a long ways to go in order to meet the goal. The skilled attendant present is low for Haiti. About a quarter of the births are done with a skilled attendant there. Cote D’Ivoire has one at over half the births but that is still not ideal,

COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA, AND OTHER DISEASES -Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AID -Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it -Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases (taken from UNDP.org)

Adults with HIV/AIDS- 3.0% Households with at least one case of Malaria- 68% Routine vaccines financed by the government- 30% Haiti Adults with HIV/AIDS- 1.8% Households with at least one case of Malaria- No data available Routine vaccines financed by the government- No data available Cote D’Ivoire Percentage of People with HIV/AIDS and Malaria In order to see how the country is doing, we found how many adults currently have HIV/AIDS and how many households there are that have at least one person with malaria. We also found how many vaccines are financed by the government. Based on these numbers, we are able to see how well the country is doing at reducing the amount of people sick. Haiti is doing better in regards to HIV/AIDS but they have data for the rest so it is inconclusive. A large percent of the households in Cote D’Ivoire have malaria so they have a lot of work to do.

ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY -Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources -Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss -Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation -Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020 (taken from UNDP.org)

Cote D’Ivoire Total- 80% Urban- 91% Rural- 68% Haiti Total- 69% Urban- 85% Rural- 51% Use of Improved Drinking Water Sources One way to measure sustainability is to see how many people have clean drinking water available. Cote D’Ivoire has a lot more available drinking water than Haiti. In both countries, the rural areas have the least amount of sources. The urban areas are not too bad but all people should have access to clean water so both countries have room for improvement.

DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT -Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system -Address the special needs of least developed countries -Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States -Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries -In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries -In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications (taken from UNDP.org)

Cote D’Ivoire External exports- $8.749 billion Main export partners- Haiti External exports- $801.7 million Main export partners- -United States: 81.5% Country’s Exports In order to compare the global relationships each country has, we looked at the external exports. Based on exporting partners, it is easy to see how involved each country is with the world. Haiti deals with the United States so they do not have a very large global partnership. On the other hand, Cote D’Ivoire has partnerships with at least six other countries so there is more of an established global partnership. -Netherlands: 11% -United States: 11.0% -France: 8.3% -Germany: 8.2% -Ghana 6.9% -Nigeria: 6.3%

WILL THE GOALS BE ACHIEVED? Both Haiti and Cote D’Ivoire have a lot of progress that needs to be made before the millennial goals can be achieved. They will not reach the deadline. There has been improvements made but not enough to reach the desired results. There are too many other problems (corrupt government) in the countries that are preventing progress in the desired areas. There is still time to continue improving but not enough to make it all the way.

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