Your task is to write a report card for one selected country to assess its progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). written assignment to complete a worksheet. Assignments should be no more than 2 pages in length, using font si
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20171207013043mdg_report_card_worksheet_3.docxAssignment D – Millennium Development Goals Report Card
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Specify your selected country
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Specify your selected Millennium Development Goal MDG1 - Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty MDG2 - Achieve universal primary education MDG3 - Promote gender equality and empower women MDG4 - Reduce child mortality MDG5 - Improve maternal health MDG6 - Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases MDG7 - Ensure environmental sustainability
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Briefly summarize relevant descriptive elements of the country setting (e.g. World Bank income group, relevant socioeconomic and cultural factors, recent political stability, etc). Why you have chosen to focus on this country? Include relevant health and social information and indicators as background (e.g. % of expenditure spent on health, social status of women, etc.).
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Which official MDG target and indicator have you selected to assess progress towards your chosen goal? (Select 1 for each, make sure that they are consistent with one another.) Why have you chosen to focus on this topic?
Target:
Indicator:
Why?
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What was the numeric value of this indicator in 1990? If data are unavailable for 1990, a value from between 1987-1993 may be used. If no data are available, choose another location.
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What was the numeric value of this indicator in 2015? If data are unavailable for 2015, a value from between 2012-present may be used. If no data are available, choose another location.
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Specify the source of these data (APA style citation)
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Describe efforts that were taken in the chosen country to address the chosen goal between 2000-2015. Give examples of specific interventions.
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Was the target achieved? Using the indicator data that you have presented above, what is your assessment of the progress made towards the goal? Specify strengths and weaknesses of the approach: what worked well, what didn’t work so well?
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Moving ahead, what is the relevant Sustainability Development Goal? Specify one relevant target. What next steps do you recommend to leaders of this country working towards this goal?
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Overall |
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Total |
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GCH205 Assignment D |
Worksheet Page 2 of 2 |
Katie D. Schenk, Ph.D. [email protected] |
