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World Statistics Day and MDGs

PresentationTo

Parliament

Pali LehohlaStatistician-General South Africa

20 October 2010

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Outline

1. Background• World Statistics Day

2. Process of the 2010 MDG reporting

3. Progress made on MDGs

4. What is concealed by the MDGs

5. Recommendations for action

6. Conclusion

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Background

The General Assembly of the United Nations decided in its 64th session declared the 20th of October 2010 the World Statistics Day.

The goal of the world statistics day is to promote official statistics in evidence based decision making

To mark this momentous occasionLaunching MDGsLaunching Census 2011

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Process of MDG 2010 reporting

• Established National Coordinating Committee for governance of the MDGS.

• Established 7 Sectoral working groups

• Domesticated indicators through national and provincial workshops

• Involved civil society organisations

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2010 MDG Report

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Thank

You

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Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty

Proportion of population living below the poverty line has declined

Gini coefficient (measure of inequality) remains high

Employment to population ratio remained static

Access to free basic services by indigents on the increase

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Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education

Adjusted Net Enrolment for females has increased from 97.0% in 2002 to 98.8% in 2009

Functional Literacy rate of 15 to 24 year olds increased from 88% in 2002 to 91% in 2009

Completion rate of primary education by those aged 18 has risen from 89.6% in 2002 to 93.8% in 2009

It appears that South African government initiatives of no fees, free transport and feeding schemes in selected schools have benefited poor learners

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Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

There are more girls than boys in both secondary and tertiary education

Women share of non-agricultural wage employment remains below half

Proportion of seats held by women in the national parliament increased from 25% in 1994 to 44% in 2009

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Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality

Infant mortality rate remained stable at 53 (2007) deaths per 1000 live births

Under-five mortality rate has risen from 59 (1998) to 104 (2007)per 1000 live births

Proportion of 1-year old children immunised against measles has risen from 68.5 (2001) to 98.3 (2009)

Life expectancy at birth has dropped

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Goal 5: Improve Maternal Mortality

Maternal Mortality rate is high and is increasing

Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel increased from 76.6% (684 766) in 2001 to 94.3% (935 473) in 2009

Use of modern contraceptive methods by sexually active women has increased from 61.2% (1998) to 64% (2003)

Antenatal care coverage has increased from 76.6 (2001) to above 100%

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Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases

The spread of HIV prevalence in South Africa may have stabilised amongst persons 2 years and older

Marked increase in all provinces from 2005 (13.9%) to 2009 (41.6%) in the proportion of people with HIV who had access to ART

In 2006 17% of men had been tested and in 2009 the figure had risen to 31.8%. Amongst women the figure rose from 38% in 2006 to 71.2% in 2009

Death rates associated with TB has risen from 168 per 100 000 population (2004) to 181 (2007) per 100 000

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Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Number of species threatened with extinction has increased from 676 (1990) to 2458 (2010)

Carbon dioxide emissions have increased from 358 930 Gigagrams in 1994 to 433 527 Gigagrams in 2007

Proportion of population living in slums have remained static

The target for the proportion of population using water from an improved drinking source has been achieved

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Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

GDP per capita has increased from R22758 (2001) to R49134 (2009)

Foreign Direct Investment as percentage of GDP has dropped from 8.4% in 2001 to 1.4% in 2009

Gross expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP has risen to just over 0.9% in 2007

There were 86 cellular subscribers per 100 population in 2007 compared to 18.5 per 100 population in 2001

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What is not said by MDGs

• SA doing well on $1 a day but SA is classified as a middle income country and therefore should be measured as $2 a day

• MDG realisations need to be tested against lower level criteria such as geography (rural/urban) and sex

• Quality of services rendered masked by the progress on MDGs such as:

o Improved antenatal care coverage and proportion of births attended to by skilled health personnel, yet maternal and child mortality continues to rise;

o While SA appears to have achieved universal primary education, the quality of education remains a serious concern

• While spread of HIV prevalence seems to have stabilised, testing for HIV is done mostly by women. There’s a need therefore to sensitise men around the necessity for HIV testing

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Report to the UN Secretary General

• South Africa presented the country report to UN

• South Africa committed to pursue MDG goals

• South Africa raised concerns regarding meeting MDGs by the developing world

• Called upon the developed world for support

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• Increase domestication of indicators

• Disaggregate MDG data and other data for international reporting and policy making by sex, rural/urban, age and province

• Lead strategy development to address weaknesses in civil registration

• Institutionalise the 2010 MDG process

• Partner with Civil Society as they constitute formidable delivery capital and vehicles for development and government should invest in them

Our commitment

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Conclusions

• Social policy progressively contributes to achieving a range of MDGs

• Sustainable employment, education, skills development and service delivery needs to be addressed

• Implement the cabinet decision that was taken on the 15th of September 2010

o Using evidence as the basis for decision-making

• Census 2011 will give us a platform to disaggregate the MDGs to municipal level

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20-10-2010