Table of Contents

Features
Introduction to MDGs
Perspective
ICTs and the MDGs: On the wrong track?
Richard Heeks
Inter-city Marketing Network for Women Micro-entrepreneurs using cell phones
Social capital brings economic development
Loyola Joseph
Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI)
From computer donations to poverty alleviation
ICT and poverty reduction
Think globally, act locally
Anuradha Dhar and Sejuti Sarkar De
Interview
Salil Shetty
Director, Millennium Campaign, UNDP

Columns
Editorial
On upscaling pro-poor ICT policies and practices
Chennai Statement
Insight
Saga of a rural Internet entrepreneur
Dipanjan Banerjee
A livelihood approach to communication and Information to reduce poverty
Disaster feature
ICTs: Essence of early warning systems
Tool for enhancing food security
ICT and agriculture in Africa
Glory Mushinge
Poverty Dossier
Understanding poverty
Naveen Kaul
What’s on
In fact
How is Asia progressing?
ICTD project newsletter
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In Fact

How is Asia progressing?

Asia 3,738 million (Population 2002)
Goals and Targets Eastern Southeastern Southern Western
GOAL 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Reduce extreme poverty by half met on track on track increase
Reduce hunger by half on track on track progress but lagging increase
GOAL 2: Archieve universal primary education
Universal prim ary schooling on track lagging progress but lagging high but no change
GOAL 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Equal girls’ enrolment in primary school met on track progress but lagging high but no change
Equal girl’s enrolment in secondary school ... met on significant no significant change
Literacy parity between young women and men met met lagging lagging
Women’s equal representation in national parliaments decline progress but lagging very low, some progress very low, no change
GOAL 4: Reduce child mortality
Reduce mortality of under-five-year-olds by two thirds progress but lagging on track progress but lagging modeerate, no change
Measles immunization ... on track on track decline
GOAL 5: Improve maternal health
Reduce maternal mortality by three quarters low level high level very high level moderate level
GOAL 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Halt and reverse spread of HIV/AIDS increase stable increase ...
Halt and reverse spread of malaria modrate risk moderate risk moderate risk low risk
Halt and reverse spread of tuberculosis moderate,decline high,declining high,declining low,declining
GOAL 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Reverse loss of forests met decline small decline less than1% forest
Halve proportion without improved drinking water in urban areas decline in access high access but no change met met
Halve proportion without improved drinking water in rural areas progress but lagging progress but lagging on track progress but lagging
Halve proportion without sanitation in urban areas progress but lagging on track on track met
Halve proportion without sanitation in rural areas progress but lagging on track on track met
Improve the lives of slum-dwellers progress but lagging on track some progress rising number & proportion of slum-dwellers
GOAL 8: A global partnership for development
Youth unemployment low, increasing rapidly increasing low,increasing high,increasing