scholarly journals Achieving results for Pacific Island children: UNICEF's analysis of and response to Pacific Millennium Development Goal progress

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Will Parks
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Goal Progress ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Reduce Child Mortality ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Pacific Island Countries

The Pacific Island countries are home to some 2 million people, of whom just over 900,000 are under 18 years of age (UNICEF, 2007). In this article I briefly review the progress Pacific Island countries have made towards their Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), with a particular focus on MDG4 (reduce child mortality) and MDG5 (improve maternal health). I then highlight some of the support being provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with many agencies across the region to assist countries to advance their child-related MDGs. Finally, I consider some of the challenges to sustaining MDG progress for children in Pacific Island countries, especially the current global economic crisis.

scholarly journals Analisis maslahah dalam millennium development goals

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
N. Oneng Nurul Bariyah ◽  
Siti Rohmah
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Equity In Education ◽  
Reduce Child Mortality ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Universal Values

The analysis of Maslahah in the Millennium Development Goals . This research is a study Maslahah of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The focus of this research is Maslahahof five MDG targets, namely: 1) Reduction of extreme poverty and hunger, Equity in education, 3) Supporting the equation of gender and empowerment of women, 4) Reduce child mortality, 5) Improve maternal health The method of research used qualitative analysis. The data sources of this study is literature, Because this type of research is library research. The results Showed that the millennium goals are maslahah values that have an influence on the maintenance of maqasid al-Shari’ah, namely: to maintain religion, mind, spirit, Ancestry, wealth, lineage. All of this indicates the existence of universal values of Islamic law as rahmatan lil’alamin and suitable for all times and places salih likulli zaman wa makan.

scholarly journals Ocean Diplomacy: The Pacific Island Countries’ Campaign to the UN for an Ocean Sustainable Development Goal

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genevieve Quirk ◽  
Quentin Hanich
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Island States ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Island Countries

In this article we examine how Pacific Island Countries (pics) successfully championed a stand-alone Ocean Sustainable Development Goal (sdg) goal at the United Nations (un). We analyse how the un Post-2015 development process provided pics with a unique opportunity to use their experience with collective diplomacy and regional oceans governance to propose this international goal. In this article we establish how pics’ national and regional quest to strengthen their sovereign rights over marine resources motivated their diplomatic efforts for an Ocean sdg. The campaign was a significant political achievement, positioning these Large Ocean Island States (lois) as global ocean guardians. We critically evaluate the effectiveness of the pics’ diplomatic campaign to secure an international commitment for an Ocean sdg. The pics’ advocacy for Goal 14 under Agenda 2030 has enhanced their political effectiveness in the un by improving their recognition by other States as leaders in oceans governance. We suggest their Ocean sdg campaign forms part of a distinct and continuing brand of oceans diplomacy from Oceania.

scholarly journals Millennium Development Goals progress: a perspective from sub-Saharan Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 100 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. S57-S58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike English ◽  
Rex English ◽  
Atti English
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Child Mortality ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Future Goals ◽  
Reduce Child Mortality ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Global Indicators

Sub-Saharan Africa is a highly diverse geo-political region. Any brief discussion of the progress made over the last 15 years towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will therefore not do justice to the true complexity of context and events. Our focus will be MDG4—to reduce child mortality by 66% from 1990 levels. We will touch briefly on MDG1, to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, MDG2, to achieve universal primary education, and MDG5, to improve maternal health, which are inextricably linked with child well-being. We will also draw on an eclectic mix of additional global indicators. Acknowledging the limitations of this approach, we first offer a summary of expected progress and then point to debates on future goals.

scholarly journals An Overview of Key Indicators of HMIS: Experiences with Haryana

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Tarun Bala
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Child Survival ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Important Goal ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
And Child Health

<div><p><em>Reducing maternal and child mortality is the most important goal of the National Rural Health Mission. Indian government has worked towards its commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.  Huge investments are being made by Government of India to achieve these goals. A well framed roadmap is being developed for accelerating child survival and improving maternal health and 16 indicators is selected for this purpose. The improvement in these indicators shows the way towards the achievement of MDGs.  India has made considerable progress over the last few years since NRHM in the area of maternal and child health, which was further accelerated after introduction of RMNCHA+ () strategy which appropriately directs the states to focus their efforts on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged sections of the society in the country. Main focus is healthy mothers and child. It also emphasizes on the need to reinforce efforts in those poor performing districts that have already been identified as the high focus districts. ‘Continuum care’ is required to have equal focus on various life stages.  Improvement in these indicators provide an understanding the importance of ‘continuum of care’ to ensure equal focus on various life stages. Some low performing districts had shown an improvement over period of time in its RMNCHA+ indicators.</em></p></div>

Are the Pacific Island Countries Ready for a Single Currency?

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kraiwinee. Bunyaratavej ◽  
T. K. Jayaraman
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Island ◽  
Single Currency ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Island Countries

Tourism–growth nexus in Pacific Island Countries: A panel study on information and communication technology as a contingent factor

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-388
Author(s):  
Tiru K Jayaraman ◽  
Keshmeer Kanewar Makun
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Threshold Level ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Contingent Factor ◽  
Pacific Island Countries

Growth in tourism earnings, aside from adding real resources in terms of foreign exchange and rising income in the organized sector of the hospitality industry, has given rise to employment opportunities in the informal sectors of the Pacific Island Countries (PICs). The spread of information and communication technology (ICT), on the other hand, has facilitated faster and smoother international tourism and provides greater opportunities for tourists travelling in interior islands for ecotourism and home stays at affordable costs. In this article, we assess the role of tourism with ICT as a contingent factor on economic growth in a panel study of five selected PICs. The results show that in the long run, tourism and ICT contribute around 0.25 and 0.02%, respectively. The interaction term of tourism with ICT is positive and statistically significant, indicating they act as complements. The complementary relationship begins to work when ICT reaches a certain threshold level.

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