RI reaches MDG targets
Antara News, Monday, December 13, 2010
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - State Minister for National Development Planning/National Development Planning (Bappenas) Chairperson reported that Indonesia has reached a number of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2010.
According to the road map on accelerated achievement of millennium development in Indonesia of Bappenas obtained in Jakarta Sunday, the government grouped the achievement of MDG6 targets in three categories.
The three categories include significant progress, and targets which still needed hard work to achieve them.
The MDG targets which had been achieved covered MDG1 relating to extreme poverty, namely the parts of the population still living with a per capital income of less than one US dollar per day, had been reduced from 20.6 pct in 1990 to 5.9 pct in 2008.
MDG2, targets for gender equality in all kinds of education had been estimated to be achieved. The pure participation rate (APM) of women against men at elementary school/MI/Package A and junior high school/MTs/package B are respectively 99.73 pct and 101.99 pct in 2009, and literacy rate of women against men in people 15-24 years of age had reached 99.85 pct.
Indonesia also reached MDG targets, namely increased discovery of TBC cases from 20 pct in 2000 to 73.1 pct in 2009 of the 70 pct target, and lowered TBC prevalence from 443 cases in 1990 to 244 cases per 100,000 population in 2009.
In the meantime, the achievement shows a significant progress covering MDG1, namely the prevalence of malnutrition children under-five from 31 pct in 1989 to 18.4 pct in 2007. The 2015 target of 15.5 pct may also be reached.
In addition, MDG2, namely pure participation rate for basic education is close to 100 pct, and the literacy rate of the population reached more than 99.47 pct in 2009.
MDG3, namely APM ratio of women against men at senior high school/MA/Package C, and higher education in 2009 reached 96.16 pct, and 102.95 pct. In this way, the 2015 target of 100 pct may be achieved.
MDG4, namely the death rate of under-five children, had lowered from 97 per 1,000 births in 1991 to 44 per 1,000 births in 2007, and the target of 32 per 1,000 births by 2015 may be achieved.
MDG8, namely that Indonesia had managed to develop trade and open financial system, based on regulations, can be predicted and non-discriminative -- which was proven with the positive inclination in indicators relating to trade and the national banking system. At the same time, a significant progress had also been achieved in reducing the foreign loan ratio against the GDP from 24.6 pct in 1996 to 10.9 pct in 2009.
The debt service ratio had also been lowered from 51 pct in 1996 to 22 pct in 2009.
In the meantime, the MDGs target with an inclination of achievement and those still needed hard work covered MDG1, namely Indonesia managed to raise its rate for the target of lowering poverty and will give special attention to reducing poverty measured against the national poverty rate from 13.33 pct in 2010 to 8-10 pct in 2014.
MDG5, namely the death rate of mothers had been lowered from 390 in 1991 to 228 per 100,000 live births in 2007. Hard work is needed to reach the 2015 target of 102 per 100,000 live births.
MDG6, namely the number of HIV/AIDS sufferers increased, especially among high-risk groups of people using narcotic injections and prostitutes. The rate of increase is also particularly high in several areas with a low sense and understanding on the diseases.
MDG7, namely Indonesia has a high green house emission target but remained committed to increase the coverage of forests, eradication of illegal logging and implementing the policy framework on policies of reducing CO2 emission at least by 26 pct in the next 20 years.
Besides, now only 47.73 pct of households have regular access to good drinking water and 51.19 pct with access to good sanitation. Special attention is needed to reach the MDG targets by 2015.
In September 2000, at the UN millennium summit, 189 UN member countries agreed to adopt the Millennium Declaration which was later outlined in the practical frame of MDG targets, focusing on the development of man until 2015 and well measured indicators.
The UN member countries still have a period of five years for completion and trying to reach the eight MDGs relating to poverty eradication, basic education, gender consciousness, improved health of mother and child, reducing the prevalence of infectious diseases, conservation of the living environment, and global cooperation.
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