Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

Indicators

Target 8a: Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system

• Includes a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction – both nationally and internationally

Target 8b: Address the special needs of the least developed countries

• Includes: tariff and quota free access for the least developed countries' exports; enhanced programme of debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) and cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous ODA for countries committed to poverty reduction

Target 8c: Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States

Target 8d: Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term

Some of the indicators listed below are monitored separately for the least developed countries (LDCs), Africa, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.

Official development assistance (ODA)

• 8,1 Net ODA, total and to the least developed countries, as percentage of OECD/DAC donors’ gross national income
• 8,2 Proportion of total bilateral, sector-allocable ODA of OECD/DAC donors to basic social services (basic education, primary health care, nutrition, safe water and sanitation)
• 8,3 Proportion of bilateral official development assistance of OECD/DAC donors that is untied
• 8,4 ODA received in landlocked developing countries as a proportion of their gross national incomes
• 8,5 ODA received in small island developing States as a proportion of their gross national incomes

Market access

• 8,6 Proportion of total developed country imports (by value and excluding arms) from developing countries and least developed countries, admitted free of duty
• 8,7 Average tariffs imposed by developed countries on agricultural products and textiles and clothing from developing countries
• 8,8 Agricultural support estimate for OECD countries as a percentage of their gross domestic product
• 8,9 Proportion of ODA provided to help build trade capacity

Debt sustainability

• 8,10 Total number of countries that have reached their HIPC decision points and number that have reached their HIPC completion points (cumulative)
• 8,11 Debt relief committed under HIPC and MDRI Initiatives
• 8,12 Debt service as a percentage of exports of goods and services

Target 8e: In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries

• 8,13 Proportion of population with access to affordable essential drugs on a sustainable basis

Target 8f: In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications

• 8,14 Telephone lines per 100 population
• 8,15 Cellular subscribers per 100 population
• 8,16 Internet users per 100 population

Are we on target?
At current exchange rates, official development assistance (ODA) continued to drop from an all time high of $107,1 billion in 2005, to $104,4 billion in 2006 and $103,7 billion in 2007. This is mainly the result of a decline in debt relief grants. Adjusting for changes in prices and exchange rates, aid disbursements fell by 8,4 per cent in 2007 compared to 2006.

Excluding debt relief grants, net aid rose by 2,4 per cent in constant dollars. At the 2005 United Nations World Summit and related meetings, developed countries pledged to increase aid from $80 billion in 2004 to $130 billion in 2010 at 2004 prices. While the majority of these commitments remain in force, a few countries have announced new targets, some involving increased aid flows and others suggesting reductions. With debt relief grants unlikely to return to 2005 or 2006 levels, bilateral aid and contributions to multilateral development institutions will need to increase rapidly over the next three years if developed countries are to meet their commitments for 2010. Even a sudden escalation of aid flows will not compensate for the failure to provide the continuous and predictable build-up in official development assistance that was implicit in their 2005 commitments.

Non-governmental organizations, the private sector and a number of developing countries are becoming increasingly significant sources of development assistance. Special purpose funds - such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - have become important channels for some of these resources.

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MDG 8 Solutions

Clinton Global Initiative: Practical solutions to global issues through measurable Commitments to Action.

Peace Portal: Project networking and sustainable solutions community network.

INVENEO:  Provides people at the local level with Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) systems thereby empowering a means for them to prosper from the global marketplace of goods and ideas, get educated, and through telemedicine improves a number a health issues.  See Video: CNN Gobal Challenges

Micro finance: Some 500 million poor worldwide have reportedly benefited from $6 billion in micro-loans leading to greater self-sustainability and increase in local development for the poor.

KIVA Micro Loans: Empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. They work in 194 countries, have provided loans to over 318,00 people, of which 82,33% were women. see video

SCALE: Open source economic solution allowing people to exchange (recycle) clothes, toys, gadgets, coupons and more using “community credit” to get things they need; thereby decreasing the amount of “public money” one must earn to meet their family or individual needs. Find our more about the SCALE model by clicking here.

Global Fund for Women: International network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice. Since 1987 they have awarded over $71 million to 3,800 women's organizations in 167 countries.

Better World Campaign: Works to foster a strong, effective relationship between the United States and the United Nations (UN) through outreach, communications, and advocacy.

ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization): Technical support helping community development organizations and workers increase agricultural development in over 180 countries.

 

 

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