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Venezuela & the Millenium Development Goals

By saul.zavarce
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    Millenium Development Goals Conceived and Announced

    Millenium Development Goals
  • Goal 3: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and to all levels of education by no later than 2015.

    Goal 3: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and to all levels of education by no later than 2015.

    Gender disparity throughout Latin America and Venezuela in particular with regards to school has never been an issue.
  • Goal 2: Ensure that by 2015 children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.

    Goal 2: Ensure that by 2015 children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.

    In 2005, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization declared Venezuela free of illiteracy, and recently put it among the top five countries in terms of access to university education.
  • Goal 7: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs, and reverse the loss of environmental resources. Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water.

    Goal 7: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs, and reverse the loss of environmental resources. Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water.

    Between 1990 and 2007 there was an increase from 68% to 92% in the proportion of people with sustainable access to safe drinking water, which has benefited more than 24 million people throughout Venezuela.
  • Goal 1: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.

    Goal 1: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.

    By the first half of 2007, Venezuela had surpassed its goal to halve the number of people living in extreme poverty from 29.8% to 9.4%.
  • Goal 4 Incomplete: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate.

    Goal 4 Incomplete: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate.

    This task has not yet been completed.
  • Goal 5 Incomplete: Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio.

    Goal 5 Incomplete: Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio.

    This task is incomplete.
  • Goal 6 In Progress: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS. Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.

    Goal 6 In Progress: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS. Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.

    Given the absolute nature of this goal, it is difficult to reach, but in progress.
  • Goal 8: Make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications.

    Goal 8: Make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications.

    This task is incomplete