The Achievement Of The Millennium Development Goals

The country of Cameroon is considered a third world country and the production and quality of energy matches this view. Rural Cameroon experiences many black outs and is in constant need of more energy for the population to perform basic tasks such as cooking with greater ease and with a higher knowledge of hygiene. The main issue is the quality of the generated power; this is a result of the method of production and transportation of the power.

There is a great correlation between development and accessibility of electricity. “Excluding South Africa, the entire installed generation capacity of sub-Saharan Africa is only 28 Gigawatts, equivalent to that of Argentina” (World Bank). Providing electricity can lead many investors in sub-Saharan countries and also can generate small business to the local people such as welding, shaving and many more jobs.

Sub-Saharan region as low developing countries are claimed to have a low electricity access and modern cooking access though they have a large supply of energy resources. In the recent years, there is a huge jump of their economic performances, however, the improvement is limited because of the inefficiencies of power sector and poor power infrastructure are dragging its back. In line with the population growth in Africa, they all become the constraints of further economic development due to the lowering of electricity access rate. Thus, the low generation and access levels will result in a low per capita consumption. In fact, not only traditional biomass fuels lead to an unstable electricity supply, drawbacks to the economic, social and environmental aspects are also brought by the severe indoor air pollution which may damage human health. The three readings below give readers a thorough and detailed analysis based on the ways to widen the energy access in sub-Saharan Africa in order to achieve the energy access goal set by the FEMA and some regional economic organisations.

Title: Assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of Foreign Aid and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) project in Bangladesh and Nepal

In Ghana, however, the practice of delivering modern energy systems has been existent for several decades. It is evidence from the amount of interactions and initiatives the

The goal of sustainable development is a generally agreed upon one, the Brundtland report’s definition is the most commonly cited, that it is of to “meet the needs and aspirations of the present without compromising the ability to meet those of the future” (Brundtland). However, with the growing international concern of environmental issues it has become more difficult to find consensus on where the focus should be to best make an impact.

The energy sector of Ghana is besieged with challenges ranging from the technical to the financial. These challenges have coalesced over time resulting in the current energy crisis and energy insecurity that plagues the country. This situation persist in many other African countries, despite the fact that Africa, and by extension Ghana has a range of energy resources that far exceed the continents and country’s energy requirements (Wolde-Rufael, 2005). While Ghana’s power sector remains severely underdeveloped, energy consumption in general and electricity consumption specifically is still relatively low in comparison to more developed countries in the West and emerging economies in the east. To date, despite electricity reform that commenced in 1993 (triggered by rising demand and reduced output from Ghana 's hydro-dominated system) the basic structure of Ghana 's power sector remains the same (Williams & Ghanadan, 2006, p. 828). This plan of study provides an alternative viewpoint to Ghana’s power crisis. Instead it focuses on the importance of diversifying Ghana’s energy portfolio, shifting it away from the traditional

We live in a world that is dangerously out of balance. There are 1.1 billion people living on less than one dollar a day, an additional 1.7 billion people living on less than 2 dollars a day, more than 115 million children uneducated, and over 40 million people are HIV positive. These numbers show that there is great misery and unnecessary death in our world and that billions of people have little opportunity to lead a decent life and fully use their potential to develop as human beings. For the first time in human history there is an extremely powerful consensus in which the global community is attempting to work together in the hopes of ensuring that all people, everywhere,

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.

This section of the report will highlight some background information on the Millennium Goal 3: ‘To Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women’. It will also look at the impacts and consequences of any issues relating to this on society and the environment in Australia and The Democratic Republic of Congo (refer to as DRC).

The United Nations implemented eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These goals are: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; achieve universal primary education; promote gender equality and empower women; reduce child mortality; improve maternal health; combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; ensure environmental sustainability; global partnership for development. The goals were adopted by countries and development institutions across the nation, and the UN set a deadline to achieve the goals by 2015.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are, eight goals put in place by the 191 UN states, the goals are set to be reached by the year 2015. Signed September of 2000, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2015, the United Millennium Declaration commits leaders of the world to combat literacy, hunger, environmental degradation, disease, and discrimination against women. Having specific targets and indicators, the MDGs are acquired from this Declaration. The eight goals are, to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty, achieve universal primary education, empower women and promote gender equality, lessen the deaths in children, improve the health of mothers, combat diseases for example HIV/AIDS and

On September 8, 2000, the United Nations Millennium Summit concluded with the adoption of the Millennium Declaration as a global vision for the future. In the following years, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) evolved in an effort to save the Declaration from slipping into oblivion. They created a momentum that brought the issue of development back on the international agenda, overcame aid fatigue and galvanized the public. With the MDGs’ expiration date of 2015 fast approaching, the world community is focusing on the development of a post-2015 agenda.

The United Nations was created after World War II, on October 24, 1945. It was created to provide an international council that would promote peace between countries. They would work together to solve international problems (History of The United Nations). It was also created to replace the League of Nations, the United Nation’s predecessor. There have been many peacekeeping missions conducted by the United Nations, such as interventions in Bosnia, Rwanda, Syria, and Korea. They also have Millennium Development Goals to better the world’s health. The Millennium Development Goals are eight of the world’s major problems that the United Nations set out to solve by the year 2015. All of the countries in the world are working to solve problems such as extreme hunger and poverty, and maternal health (News On The MDGs.). These missions have tested the United Nations ability to resolve conflict and keep peace. Failure is the inability to complete the goals you set out to complete. Failure is the incapability of living up to the standards that you set up for yourself. The United Nations has proven that they have failed to achieve many of their goals. Not only have they failed to provide primary education to all children, but they also failed to prevent a major genocide in Bosnia, and although there was some success in Korea, they still failed to bring together the North and the South under a democratic republic.

Power a basic human need is the critical infrastructure on which modern economic activity is fully dependent. Only 55% households in India have access to Electricity. Most of those who have access do not get uninterrupted reliable supply. In this era of globalization, it is essential that electricity of good qualities is provided at reasonable rates for economic activity so that competitiveness increases, which is essential for higher GDP growth per annum, employment generation and poverty alleviation.