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Nepal Millennium Development Goals
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The Gov-internment of Nepal and the United Nations on behalf of development partners and citizens of Nepal.The report has made use of valuable advice comments and insights provided by a number of development partners who participated in a series of consultations The contributing agencies and institutions include National Planning Commission Ministry of Women Children and Social Welfare Ministry of Education Ministry of Health and Population, Department of Health Services Child Health Division NCASC Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation Ministry of Physical Planning and Works,Department of Water Supply and Sanitation Minis At the onset of the new millennium,189 world leaders from Member States of the United Nations made a historic commitment during the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000 when they agreed to meet the Millennium Development Goals MDGs with the aim of bringing peace, security and development to all people. The Millennium Declaration is a groundbreaking international development agenda for the 21st century. The eight MDGs to be achieved by 2015 respond to the world’s most urgent development needs. They are broken down in this report follows the same format as previous MDG Progress Reports. The introduction section is followed by a chapter on ‘Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Nepalese following chapter deals with the status of a goal and analysis trends for respective indicators,the supportive environment contributing to progress,the challenges being faced,recommendations for development interventions.The final section points to key monitoring issues that deserve pa Despite contextual difficulties and constraints, Nepal is on track to achieve most of its MDG targets, with a few exceptions, if prevailing trends persist and efforts are continued improved.However,this aggregate finding should be viewed with caution. Nepal needs to look beyond the aggregate figures. Studies should be conducted to dig deeper into the structural disparities across ethnicity, social and economic backgrounds, geography and gender to address the hided main source of energy for cooking purposes.A little more than half of households have access to electricity for lighting and the rest depend on gas oil kerosene and other sources. Alternative energy sources such as micro-hydro, solar and bio gas have high potential and therefore, need proper harnessing. Progress to achieve sustains In the current political context,the greatest challenge for Nepal is to keep the social agenda high on the government list of priorities and keep delivering progress while the political agenda is being addressed. The initial constitutional, legal and institutional arrangements for social equity, justice and equitable access are positive, but the most difficult part is to ope rationalize.
#PROGRESS #JUSTICE #SOCIALAGENDA #SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT #SDGs
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Publisher:
GON, UN
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(2010
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Type / Script:
Progress Report
in English
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Keywords:
HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS, CAPACITY BUILDING, ERADICAT POVERTY AND HUNGER , PRIMARY EDUCATION, SOCIAL INSTITUTION, DOMESTIC LEGAL, OPERATIONAL SPACE, SOCIAL JUSTICES, HEALTH AND HYGINE, CONSERVATION, WATER SUPPLY, RATIONALIZE,MATERNAL HEALTH,EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN, CHILD MORTALITY, COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND DISEASES, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
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Thematic Group:
UN
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International Peace and Security
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Thesaurus:
02.04.00
- Development
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