Egypt and Burundi

and their
Millenium Development Goals

1. Eradicate
Extreme Poverty
and Hunger
Burundi: Moderate Progress
According to unstats.un.org, Burundi has had a 10% drop in
children under the age of 5 who are moderately or severely
overweight.
38.9% in 2000 to 28.8% in 2010.

Employed people living below 1$ a day has dropped 10% since
1998.
85.3% in 1998 to 75.8% in 2006.
That percentage in 2006 has probably dropped farther since
then, but 2006 was the most recent data.

Percentage of the population that is undernourished has
actually had a steady increase from 1992 to 2012.
44.4% (1992), 62.1% (2001), 67.3% (2012)

Burundi is going in the right direction for the most part,
except for the steady increase in undernourished people.
Despite drops in underweight children and employed people
living below 1$ a day, Burundi has a long way to go. But this
is a step in the right direction!
Source: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx














Source: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx


Egypt is doing much better than Burundi with goal 1.
Egypt:
$1/per day & Hunger Suffering
Population below $1/day:
1991-2008, 4.5% to 1.7%
Poverty gap ratio at $1/day:
1991-2008, 0.6% to 0.4%
Share of poorest quintile in
national income or consumption:
1991-2008, 8.7% to 9.2%
Children under 5 moderately
or severely underweight:
1991-2008, 10.5% to 6.8%
from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx & UNFPA Egypt
2. Achieve Universal
Primary Education
Burundi: Dang Good Progress
Burundis net enrollment in primary education has
risen from 51.7% in 1993, and 57.4% in 2003, to
89.7% in 2007.
That is seriously phenomenal. That 89.7% has most
likely risen in the last 7 years as well.

Burundis literacy rate has improved from 53.6% in
1990 to 88.9% in 2008.

I believe that Burundi WILL achieve universal primary
education by 2015!

Burundi is keeping right up with Egypt in all of these
categories. Burundis rate of improvement is faster
than Egypts.


Source:http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx

Egypt: All Boys and Girls Go to School
Net enrolment ratio in primary education
(both sexes):
1994-2011, 87.5% to 97.8%
Proportion of pupils primary completion
(both sexes):
1997-2011, 89.8% to 98.5%
Literacy rate of 15-24 year-old
(both sexes):
1996-2012, 73.2% to 89.3%

from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx & UNFPA Egypt


3. Promote Gender
Equality and Empower
Women
Burundi: Real Dang Good Progress
Number of parliament seats being filled by
women jumped from 6% in 1999, to 30.5% in
2013. Holy mackerel!
It appears that women have more of a say in
Burundi, then women in the United States,
who occupy only 17% of the seats in
parliament.

Compared to Egypt, Burundi seems to be doing
much better at gender equality.
I believe Burundi will achieve gender equality by
2015!



Source:
http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx

Egypto: Cast Out Gender Disparity
Ratio of girls to boys in
primary, secondary & in tertiary education:
0.22 rise from 1990 to 2011
Share of women in wage employment
in the non-agricultural sector:
2.5% drop from 1990 to 2010
Proportion of seats
held by women in nation parliament:
1990-2013, 3.9 to 2.0

from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx & UNFPA Egypt
4. Reduce Child
Mortality
Burundi: Fairly Good
Burundis under 5 child mortality rate per 1,000
dropped from 163.9 (1990), to 104.3 (2012).

The infant mortality rate(0-1 year) per 1,000 live
births has dropped from 99.7 (1990) to 66.9 (2012).

Burundi is making good progress in lowering the
mortality rates of infants and children, however
they still have a long way to go until they will reach
an acceptable standard. They are on the right
course though.

They will achieve this goal. Good on ya Burundi.
Egypts rates have dropped more dramatically than
Burundis.

Source: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx

Egypt: More Kids and Hope
Children under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000)
live births: 85.2 to 21 from 1990-2012

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000) live birth:
62.7 to 17.9 from 1990-2012

Children 1 year old immunized
against measles: 86% to 96% from 1990-2011


from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx & UNFPA Egypt
5. Improve
Maternal Health
Burundi: Fairly Good
Maternal mortality per 100,000 live births has dropped
from 1,100 in 1990 to 800 in 2010. It is good it has
dropped, but that is still a really high number.

The percentage of births assisted by a skilled
professional jumped from 25.2% in 2000 to 60.3% in
2010.

These statistics indicate a steady rise in maternal
health! Them Burundians are doing a real bang up
job but they need to keep it up in order to help the
mamas of their country.
I do not believe Burundi will reach acceptable
maternal health by 2015.
Egypt and Burundis rate of improvement has
accelerated at about the same rate. Burundi just
started way behind.
Source:http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx

Egypt: New Birth
Maternal mortality ratio(per 100,000)
live births:
1990 -2010,
decline from 230.0 to 66.0

Proportion of births attended
by skilled health personnel:
1990-2008,
improve from 36.5% to 78.%

from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx & UNFPA Egypt
6. Combat
HIV/AIDS, Malaria
and Other
Diseases
Burundi: Pretty dang good work
The percentage of People living with
HIV/AIDS, between the ages of 15-
49, has dropped from 5.2% in 1996
to 1.3% in 2011.

I believe Burundi will accomplish this
goal.

Egypt and Burundi have both made great strides
in combating diseases over the past 24 years.

Source:
http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx

Egypt: Halt and Reserve the Spread
LOW prevalence of HIV & AIDS,
HIV among pregnant women
& children orphaned by HIV & AIDS
Factors:
Intravenous drug injections with
non-sterile syringes & low use of condom
Strategies:
Care & Low-cost antiretroviral therapy
Other diseases: Malaria, TB (70%-60% from 2004-05) , Hepatitis C &
Schistosomiasis (14.8%-2.7% from 1990-2000)
Strategies: Raise public awareness from Ministry of Health and Population & UNFPA
Egypt
7. Ensure
Environmental
Sustainability
Burundi: Mediocre progress
Burundis proportion of the population using an
improved drinking water source has only risen
slightly from 69% in 1990 to 74% in 2011.

The proportion of terrestrial and marine areas
protected has also only risen slightly from
3.84% in 1990 to 4.89% in 2012.

I do not believe Burundi will achieve their
sustainability goals.


Source:
http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx

Egypt: Resources & Drinking Water
Carbon dioxide emissions,
thousand metric tons of CO2:
75944 to 204776 from 1990-2010
Proportion of population using and
improved sanitation facility:
72% to 95% from 1990-2011
Proportion of
urban population living in slum:
50.2% to 13.1% from 1990-2009
from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx & UNFPA Egypt
8. Global
Partnership for
Development
Burundi: Not too good.
Internet users, per 100 inhabitants has
only risen slightly from 0.01% in
1997, to 1.2% in 2012.

Overseas Development Assistance recieved as a proportion
of Burundis gross national income was 23% in 1990. It
shot up as high as 39% in 2004, and has since fallen to
24%, still higher than it was in 1990, thus showing no
improvement.

I do not believe Burundi will accomplish their Global
Partnership goals by 2015.

Egypt and Burundi could both improve in their global
partnership development.
Source: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx


Egypt: Not ALONE
A global partnership for
development is not a direct one
way responsibility either of
the developed or the
less developed countries alone.
-Cairo:On International Human Rights &
Volunteer Days, 22 booths set up
by UN Agencies and NGOs and
8 workshops for Egyptian youth
organized by the UN Millennium Campaign.
from http://egypt.unfpa.org/pdfs/ICPD-MDGS/2008_Egypt_Human_Development_Report_ENG.pdf