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1. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
GHANA'S PERFORMANCE, 2010
DR. I.F. MENSA-BONSU
TECHNICAL ADVISOR
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING COMMISSION
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2. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
1. INTRODUCTION
2. PROGRESS TOWARDS ATTAINMENT OF MDGS
IN GHANA
3. KEY CHALLENGES
4. WAY FORWARD
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3. INTRODUCTION
 Eight time-bound and quantifiable targets were adopted in
September 2000 after a UN Declaration by 189 countries.
 The targets aim to halve the proportion of people living
below the poverty line, improve access to education,
promote gender equality, improve maternal and child
health, ensure environmental sustainability and promote
global partnership between developed and developing
countries
 This status report focuses primarily on progress to date and
whether Ghana can achieve the MDG targets by 2015. The
report mainly presents the current status of progress
towards the MDGs, the supportive environment, challenges
and the resource requirements. 3

4. GHANA’S PROGRESS
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5. GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY
AND HUNGER
• Upper Poverty Incidence has been reduced from 51.7% in
1991/92 to 39.5% in 1998/99 and 28.5% in 2005/2006
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6. GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY
AND HUNGER
•Number of people living in extreme poverty has also
decreased from 36.5% to 18.2%
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7. GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY
AND HUNGER
•The depth of poverty in Ghana has consistently but 7
marginally declined since 1991

8. GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME
POVERTY AND HUNGER
•The share of the poorest quintile in national consumption
consistently declined at the national level from 6.8% to 8
5.6% between 1991/92 to 2005/06L

9. GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME
POVERTY AND HUNGER
•From almost 34% in 1991/92, Extreme Working Poverty
Rate has declined to 16.1% 9
•An Indication of improvement in creating decency in
the quality of work.

10. GOAL 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL
PRIMARY EDUCATION
Gross
Net Enrolment
YEAR Enrolment Gender Parity Index
Ratio
Ratio
2007/08 95 83.7 0.96
2008/09 94.9 88.5 0.96
2009/2010 94.9 83.6 0.96
•GER remained unchanged at 94.9 in 2009 and 2010, against
MDG target of 100
•NER dropped substantially by about 5 percentage points from
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the 2009 level

11. GOAL 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL
PRIMARY EDUCATION
Completion / Survival rate
YEAR PRIMARY JHS
2007/2008
2008/2009 88.7 75
2009/2010 87.1 66
•Overall the survival rate at the primary level declined
marginally from 88.7% in 2008/09 to 87.1% in 2009/2010
slowing it from reaching the 100% target by 2015
•At the Junior High School (JHS) level, survival rate
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worsened drastically following a sharp decline from 75.0%
in 2008/09 to 66% in 2009/10

12. GOAL 3: PROMOTE GENDER
EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
POSITION 2008 2009 2010
Ministers na 21.0 18.9
Deputy Ministers na 20.0 20.0
Chief Directors 24.0 24.0 24.0
Chief Justice 100.0 100.0 100.0
Supreme Court Judges 29.0 29.0 29.0
High Court Judges 25.0 na 25.0
Speaker & Deputy Speakers
0.0 33.3 33.3
of Parliament
Members of Parliament 9.0 8.7 8.3
District Assembly Appointee 28.0 7.3 na
District Assembly Elected 11.0 11.0 6.8
•The share of Female Ministers reduced from 21% in 2009 to
18.9% in 2010 while the share of Elected District Assembly
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Members also decline from 11% in 2009 to 6.8% in 2010.
•All other positions showed no progress

13. GOAL 4: REDUCE CHILD
MORTALITY
Indicator 2003 2008 Target 2015
Under-five mortality rate 111 80 39.88
Infant mortality 64 50 21.5
Proportion of under
1 year imunised 68.8% 79.9% 83.0%
against measles
The UNICEF health statistics, however, shows a further decline of
Under-five Mortality from 80 deaths per 1000 to 69 deaths per 1000
live births in 2009.
Infant mortality rate (IMR) has also declined to 50 per 1000 live births
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by 2008.

14. GOAL 5: IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
Institutional maternal mortality ratio (IMMR), from 170 per 100,000
live births in 2009 to 164 per 100,000 live births in 2010
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The 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey however reported
maternal mortality ratio of 451 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births

15. GOAL 6: COMBAT HIV/AIDS,
MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES
HIV prevalence in the country reduced from 1.9% in 2009 to 1.5% in
2010 and is projected to fall gradually to 1.3% in 2015
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16. GOAL 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
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17. GOAL 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
Whereas the MDG target for the country is 53% by 2015, 17
as of 2010, the national coverage for improved
sanitation was only 13%

18. GOAL 8: DEVELOP A GLOBAL
PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
Total ODA inflows into the country have been increasing 18
steadily from 2003 up until 2010,

19. GOAL 8: DEVELOP A GLOBAL
PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
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20. Goals/Targets Indicator Baseline 2010 2015
Goal 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and
hunger -Proportion below
a. Halve the proportion of people below the extreme poverty 36.5 NA
poverty line by 2015 (national basic food 18.5
(1991/92)
needs) line (%)
-Proportion in overall
poverty (national 51.7
basic food and non- NA 25.9
(1991/92)
food needs) line (%)
b. Halve the proportion of people who -Under five children
suffer from hunger who are malnourished 30% NA
15%
(Underweight) (1988)
Goal 2: Achieve Universal primary
education Net Primary
Achieve universal access to primary Enrolment ratio (%) 45.2% 83.6%
100%
education by 2015 (1991/92)
Goal 3: Promote Gender equality and Ratio of females to
Empower Women males in primary 0.92
a. Eliminate gender disparity in primary and schools (%) 0.96 1.0
(2001/02)
junior secondary education by 2009
Ratio of females to
males in senior 0.62 NA
1.0
secondary school (1990) 20
b. Achieve equal access for boys and girls
to senior secondary by 2009 Percentage of female 44.7%
enrolment in SSS (%) Na 1.0

21. Goal 4: Under-five Mortality
Reduce under-five mortality by two- Under-five
thirds by 2015 mortality Rate 119 NA
(per 1000 live 53
(1993)
births)
Goal 5: Maternal Mortality
Reduce maternal mortality ratio by - Maternal mortality
three-quarters by 2015 ratio (Institutional)
(per 100,000 live 216
164 54
births) (1990)
- Maternal mortality
ratio (survey)
(per 100,000 live 740
NA 185
births) (1990)
Goal 6. Combat HIV/AIDS &
Malaria HIV prevalence
a. Halt and reverse the spread of Rate among
HIV/AIDS by 2015 pregnant women 1.5%
b. Halt and reverse the incidence of Under Five (1999) 1.5% <1.5%
malaria Malaria case 3.7% NA -
fatality (2002) 21
(Institutional)

22. SUMMARY ON PERFORMANCE
 Ghana is likely to achieve MDG 1 (poverty) but 2 out of 3
malnutrition indicators will be achieved
 MDG 2 : On Track
 MDG 3: Gender Parity (on track but GPI stagnated since
2006/7)
 MDG 4 & 5: 2015 target is unlikely to be met
 MDG 6: On Track
 MDG 7: Access to water (on track) but environment
degradation, housing, etc remains a challenge
 MDG 8: Aid inflows have increased in norminal
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23. KEY CHALLENGES
A major concern for Ghana now is how to
sustain the progress the country has made
so far while addressing the challenges/
emerging issues including disparities
among geographical areas and socio-
economic groups.
 Availability of up-to-date and accurate
data.
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24. WAY FORWARD
The NDPC will continue to:
• Support the formulation of appropriate policies geared towards
accelerating the achievement of the MDGs as well as sustaining
the gains attained beyond 2015.
• Facilitate inter-sectoral collaboration to bring together all agencies
who are implementing pro-poor programmes as a means for
harmonizing their interventions to increase coverage and enhance
impact.
• Assist and strengthen MDAs and MMDAs to monitor
interventions at national as well as grass-roots levels to assess the
impact of targeted interventions at achieving the MDGs.
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