Select Committee on International Development Fourth Report

Annex: Progress against the Millennium Development Goals

Last revised 12 January

Kenya						Region
	1990	1995		2000	2001	Sub-Saharan Africa
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger	2015 target = halve 1990 $1 a day poverty and malnutrition rates
Population below $1 a day %	See Note 1	..		..	..	48.12000
2. Achieve universal primary education	2015 target = net enrolment to 100
Net primary enrolment ratio (% of relevant age group)	80 See Note 2	..	73.7		..	..
3. Promote gender equality	2005 target = education ratio to 100
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)	..	..	97.2		..	81.72000
4. Reduce child mortality	2015 target = reduce 1990 under 5 mortality by two-thirds
Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000)	97	111	120		122	170.62001
5. Improve maternal health	2015 target = reduce maternal mortality by three-fourths
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)	50	45	44		..	..
6. Combat HIV/AIDS malaria and other diseases	2015 target = halt, and begin to reverse, AIDS, etc
Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)	..	..	13		15.6	9.32001
Percentage of children under 5 who slept under a bed net the night preceding the survey		See Note 3	7.4
Percentage of pregnant women who slept under a bed net the night preceding the survey		See Note 3	0.5
In patient malaria morbidity (proportion of total inpatient cases at Government facilities)
7. Ensure environmental sustainability	2015 target = various (see Note 4)
Access to an improved water source (% of population)	45	..	57		..	58.12
Aid Need and Resources
UK bilateral aid (£m)					38.3
UK share of total bilateral aid (%)					20
Total aid from all sources (£m)					310.5
Total aid per poor person (£)					6.5
Number of DFID staff directly involved					..
Poor people per DFID staff member (thousands)					..
General Indicators
Population (millions)	23.4	26.7	30.1		30.7	673.92001
GDP growth (annual %)	4.2	4.4	-0.2		1.1	3.2
GNI (current US$)	8.8 bn	7.0 bn	10.6 bn		10.7 bn	311.2 bn
GNI per capita ($)	380	260	350		350	4602001
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)	17.8	1.6	10.0		5.7
Life expectancy at birth (years)	57.1	52.6	47		46.3	46.22001
Source: World Development Indicators Database, April 2002, Statistics on International Development, expect where otherwise indicated

Notes

1.  There is currently no time series data available on $1/day poverty in Kenya

2.  Source: MICS 2000, CBS 2001

3.  Sentinel surveillance, Kenya 1990-2002

4.  Goal 7 targets: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources. Halve, by 2015, the number of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water. By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN KENYA: AT A GLANCE

GOAL	TARGET + INDICATORS		PROGRESS		SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger	Halve the proportion of people living on less than $1/day, 1990-2015
	Halve the proportion of people suffering from hunger, 1990-2015
Achieve universal primary education	Net enrolment in primary education
	Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who complete grade 5
	Literacy rates of 15-24 year-olds
Promote gender equality and empower women	Ratio of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education				Primary potentially; others unlikely
	Ratio of literate females to males among 15-24 year-olds
	Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector
	Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament
Reduce child mortality	Reduce the under-five mortality rate by two-thirds, 1990-2015
	Infant mortality rate
	Proportion of one-year old children immunised against measles
Improve maternal health	Reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters, 1990-2015
	Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel
Combat HIV/AIDS malaria and other diseases	Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
	Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of malaria and other major diseases				Malaria fair; tuberculosis strong
Ensure environmental sustainability	Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water
	Have achieved by 2020 significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers
Key:
	Goal probably achieved: strong supportive environment
	Goal potentially achieved; fair supportive environment
	Goal unlikely to be achieved; weak supportive environment
Source:
Millennium Development Goals: 2003 Progress Report for Kenya, published by Government of Kenya, UN Kenya, 2003

ACRONYMS

ACU	Aids Co-ordination Unit
AGOA	African Growth and Opportunity Act
AIDS	Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome
ARVs	Anti-retrovirals
ASAL	Arid and semi-arid land
BHC	British High Commission
CACC	Constituency Aids Control Committee
CBS	Central Bureau of Statistics
DFID	Department for International Development
DFID PD	Department for International Development - Policy Division
EAC	East African Community
EC	European Commission
ERS	Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GJLOS	Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector
GNI	Gross National Income
HIV	Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus
IMF	International Monetary Fund
KRA	Kenya Revenue Authority
MDGs	Millennium Development Goals
MICS	Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
MSE	Micro and Small Enterprise
MTEF	Medium-Term Expenditure Framework
NACC	National Aids Control Council
NARC	National Rainbow Coalition
NASCOP	National AIDS/STD Control Programme
PER	Public Expenditure Review
SIDA	Swedish International Development Agency
STD	Sexually Transmitted Disease
SWAp	Sector-Wide Approach
UK	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UN	United Nations
US	United States of America
DFID programmes
PEAK	Environment governance programme
PEP	Political Empowerment Programme
PROLOGS	Local Government Reform programme

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Prepared 12 May 2004