By Simon Feeny
This ebook examines how overseas relief donors and Non-Governmental enterprises (NGOs) may also help nations within the Asia-Pacific sector in attaining the Millennium improvement pursuits. The publication examines the development nations have made in the direction of the MDGs and highlights the necessity to tailor the pursuits to person kingdom circumstances.
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The Devarajan et al. (2002) study notes that the amount of additional aid will depend on growth, policies and the efficiency of aid allocation. However, favourable conditions will not always prevail. Studies also employ unit costs to estimate the cost of achieving many of the goals. They use the average cost of those already receiving education (for example, a child enrolled at school), as an estimate of the cost of enrolling additional children. Although there may be some economies of scale in social service provision, the costs of reaching those in isolated rural communities will be far higher than average unit costs.
HIV Prevalence Among 15–24 year-old Pregnant Women (UNAIDS) 19. com - licensed to Taiwan eBook Consortium - PalgraveConnect - 2011-03-03 Indicators 20 The Millennium Development Goals and Beyond 20. Ratio of school attendance of orphans to school attendance of non-orphans aged 10–14 years Target 8: Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases 21. Prevalence and Death Rates Associated with Malaria (WHO) 22. Proportion of Population in Malaria Risk Areas Using Effective Malaria Prevention and Treatment Measures (UNICEF) 23.
However, other countries in the Asia-Pacific region receive some of the highest levels of aid in the world (relative to their populations and size of their economies) and foreign aid remains a very important source of finance for many low-income developing countries. Low-income countries include Afghanistan, Cambodia, Laos and Timor-Leste in Asia and Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu in the Pacific. Foreign aid will usually need to fund a diverse range of activities but there are likely to be some areas of greater need requiring most attention.