Women's Empowerment and Good Governance Through - amarc
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29.- For Nigeria, the challenge of reaching the MDGs appears formidable, going by the country’s development<br />
statistics. According to the reports of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) <strong>and</strong> other international<br />
agencies, about 70 per cent of Nigeria’s 140 million people live on less than US$1 a day. The illiteracy rate st<strong>and</strong>s<br />
at 51 per cent with a wide gender disparity of 62.5 per cent literate males <strong>and</strong> 39.5 per cent literate females. Sixtytwo<br />
per cent of the estimated 7.3 million children of school age who are not receiving any formal education are<br />
girls. Infant mortality generally st<strong>and</strong>s at 98 per 1,000 live births <strong>and</strong> at 198 per 1,000 live births for children below<br />
five years. Maternal mortality is 800 per 100,000 live births. An estimated 4 million people are living with HIV/AIDs.<br />
The average life expectancy st<strong>and</strong>s at 43.3 years. Nigeria was ranked 158th (out of 174 countries) on the Human<br />
Development Index (HDI).
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