Transcript Ms. Jessica Faieta

UNCT Joint Support to MDG Achievement
at Country-Level:
The Case of El Salvador
15 July 2009
Jessica Faieta
UN Resident Coordinator
El Salvador
El Salvador Basic Facts
Region: Central America
Area: 21,040 sq km –
Population
(2009)
:
GDP per capita
Remittances
smallest in LA
6.1 million
(2008)
(2008)
(plus 3 million immigrants in US)
: 3,612 USD (MIC)
: 3,788 million (17.1% of GDP)
Underutilization rate
(% of labor force):
Human Development Index
Position in HDI ranking
(2008)
(2008)
49.9%
: 0.742
(middle HDI)
: 101/179
Poverty rate (headcount ratio)
Recent government change
(2008)
: 46.4%
MDG Scorecard: Where is El Salvador lagging behind
Indicators
Data
2007-08
2015
Status/Forecast
2015
Proportion of households in extreme poverty
10.8
14.8
Achieved
Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who
reach last grade of primary
75.4
100
Difficult
Net enrolment ratio in primary education
94.8
100
Possible
Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds
95.5
Increase
Possible
101.5
100
Achieved
19
17
Possible
Proportion of births attended by skilled health
personnel
83.7
100
Possible
Contraceptive prevalence rate
72.5
80
Possible
HIV prevalence among population aged 15-24 years
0.03
Stop
Difficult
Proportion of population with advanced HIV infection
with access to antiretroviral drugs
79.6
100
Possible
0.4
Reduce
Achieved
Proportion of land area covered by forest
26.8
Increase
Proportion of population using an improved drinking
water source
86.8
80.5
Ratios of girls to boys in primary, secondary and
tertiary
Under-five mortality rate
Incidence and death rates associated with malaria
Source: ELS MDG Report, 2009
Achieved
UNCT Joint Support to MDG achievement: MDG Report
Process
• El Salvador MDG High Level Panel
– Established by the President of El Salvador
– Integrated by UNCT and Interministerial Committee
– Chaired by UNRC and Minister of Education
• Joint UN System and Government Technical Team
Result
– Coordinated by UNDP
• Monthly discussion and agreements on data and indicators
• Second National MDG Report including:
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Updated MDG scorecard
Indicators methodology (from national sources)
Analysis of policies that contributed to MDGs
Recommendations for future policy options for next Gov
Crisis impact on MDGs
• Poverty rates have increased 10 percentage points in the
last two years
– Backward step of 10 years in absolute and relative terms
• Formal sector is
September 2008)
losing
jobs
(around
30,000
since
– Underemployment rates might raise
– Decent work rates are declining
• Social budget have stagnated due to fiscal constraints
• Remittances incomes (macroeconomic pillar) are falling:
– Household expenditure on health and education is likely to
decrease
UNCT Joint Support to MDG achievement: MDG 2
• Joint UNCT project: Poverty Alleviation and MDGs
– Updated scorecard and National Plan for the MDGs
– Policy analysis and recommendations for MDG achievement
• Support to Ministry of Education
– National Education Plan 2021 including MDG targets
– Difficulties in achieving MDG 2
• MDG 2 costing exercise
• RC coordination jointly with UN agencies
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Participating agencies: UNICEF, WFP, UNDP and UNESCO
Negotiations with Ministry of Education
UN Joint Project
Resource mobilization
UNCT Joint Support to MDG achievement: MDG 2
Problem identification
Focused UN support
UNDP:
Difficulties in keeping children at
school
Not easy to identify lowest performance
schools
• Costing for MDG
Education Plan
2
and
National
– Data analysis to identify 400 lowest
success schools
– Identification
of
financial
and
human resources (% of GDP)
– Fully trained national team on use
of EPSSim tool
– Strengthened
national
office
technical capacity
Recognition of financial and human
resources needed to achieve
WFP:
MDG 2
• Strengthen school feeding programs
National capacity development
UNICEF:
• Policies to raise academic success
rate
UNESCO:
• Advise on EPSSim adaptation
Key success factors for UN work in El Salvador
• Strong political commitment to MDG at highest levels
• We work taking advantage of each UN agency comparative
advantage:
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UNFPA in statistics
UNICEF in children policies
UNDP as Human Development reference
WFP as nutrition experts
UNESCO in education policies
• Strong UN staff technical capacity
– Strengthened by specialized teams (i.e. MDG ST)
• UN ability to engage and convene wide participation
– Among UN agencies
– With the Government
– With the donors
• Added-value: UN global capacity and expertise
Looking forward
Key areas affected
by crisis
• Replicate this experience with new administration
– Health sector (maternal and child mortality plus HIV-AIDS off
track)
– Cash Transfer Scheme (poverty rates likely to reverse due to
crisis)
– Urban Poverty Programme
• Establishment of Local UN MDG Support Team coordinated
by UNDP El Salvador
– With participation of government specialists trained and UN
System national staff
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