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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: – – – – 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 – – – – 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: – – – – – 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 Our best-sellers !!