Progress Report on the attainment of the MDG´s México Manila, Philippines October 1, 2007 Prepared by Antonio Millán A. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (This document is in progress, not intended for publication yet)

Mexican Context Indicators ,393 2 M Sq. Km

Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger consistentlyPoverty has consistently decreased since 1996, after the crisis that produced 15 million people on extreme poverty. Some of the causes are the following: Low inflation rate and a positive impact on real salaries as well as citizens purchasing power. Fiscal discipline has produced a credit market especially for consumption and housing. Increases on income and improvement on capacities of population in poverty.

GOAL 1. ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER Target 1: Halve, between 1990s and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day –Indicator 1: Proportion of population below national poverty threshold –Indicator 3: Share of poorest quintile in national consumption Target 2: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger –Indicator 4: Prevalence of underweight children under 5 years of age Progress on main MDG´s indicators

Main menu Target 1 Indicator´s Name Metadata Last and first measures difference Difference between Target and Last measure Timeframe Indicator Components Information Availability Comments about the source Link Goal-Target-Institution- Indicator code O1M1-1 Data presented in a Trend graph Link to complete metadata file Indicator name Definition Algorithm Variables Data Source Institution International Reference Observations

Proportion of population below national poverty threshold

Share of poorest quintile in national consumption

Prevalence of underweight children under 5 years of age

In education, the target access has been achieved Challenges are focused on increasing access to the next educational levels and improving the educational system quality. There are also challenges attending migrants and natives (marginalized citizens). Progress on main MDG´s indicators

GOAL 2. ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION Target 3: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling –Indicator 6: Net enrolment ratio in primary education –Indicator 7: Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 6 –Indicator 8: Literacy rate of 15 to 24 years old Progress on main MDG´s indicators

Net enrolment ratio in primary education

Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach grade 6

Literacy rate of 15 to 24 years old

GOAL 3. PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN Target 4: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secundary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels no later than –Indicator 9: Ratio of girls to boys in primary education –Indicator 9a: Ratio of girls to boys in secundary education –Indicator 10: Ratio of literate women. –Indicator 12: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament. Progress on main MDG´s indicators

Ratio of girls to boys in primary education

Ratio of girls to boys in secundary education

Women literacy rate of 15 to 24 years old

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament

GOAL 4. REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY Target 5: Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate. –Indicator 13: Under five mortality rate. –Indicator 15: Proportion of one year old children immunized again measles. Progress on main MDG´s indicators

Under five mortality rate

Proportion of one year old children immunized again measles

GOAL 5. IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH Target 6: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio. –Indicator 16: Maternal mortality rate. –Indicator 17: Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel. Progress on main MDG´s indicators

Maternal mortality rate

Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel

GOAL 6. COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES Target 7: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS. –Indicator 19: Incidence of HIV/AIDS by year –Indicator 24: Tuberculosis mortality rate. Progress on main MDG´s indicators

Incidence of HIV/AIDS by year

Tuberculosis mortality rate

México has innovative environment targets such as –Taxes for environment rights that provide protection to the environment and at the same time support citizens living in rural areas. –Natural areas protected to preserve original fauna and flora. –Environmental information systems and inventories. –However, environmental deterioration accumulated for years has not reversed the loss of environmental resources. Progress on main MDG´s indicators

GOAL 7. ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Target 9: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources. –Indicator 25: Proportion of land area covered by forest –Indicator 26: Ratio of area protected to maintain biological diversity to surface area Target 10: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. –Indicator 30: Proportion of housing with sustainable access to an improved water source, urban and rural. –Indicator 31: Proportion of housing with access to improved sanitation, urban and rural. Progress on main MDG´s indicators

Proportion of land area covered by forest

Ratio of area protected to maintain biological diversity to surface area

Proportion of housing with sustainable access to an improved water source, urban and rural.

Proportion of housing with access to improved sanitation, urban and rural

México, up to day: Has achieved the target of 10 indicators. There is confidence on achieving the target on 13 more indictors. It will be very difficult to achieve the target of 3 Has generated 27 new indicators to focus the challenge on those areas more needed of atention. Progress on main MDG´s indicators

Sources Information system under INEGI responsibility with the following link: México Progress Report to UN delivered on November 2006 Gabinete de desarrollo humano y social / Comisión intersecretarial de desarrollo social (2006). Los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio: Informe de avances Programas Educativos S. A. de C. V.; Mexico, D. F.

Gracias por su atención Dr. Antonio Millán Arellano Manila, Philippines, October M É X I C O