Training Report: Millennium Development Goals in the SAARC Region
Training Report: Millennium Development Goals in the SAARC Region
Training Report: Millennium Development Goals in the SAARC Region
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Hous<strong>in</strong>g<br />
8600 shelters lost <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2004 tsunami not yet fully<br />
offset as of 2010<br />
around 50 percent of displaced persons still <strong>in</strong><br />
temporary hous<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Government efforts:<br />
Distribution of ra<strong>in</strong> water tanks<br />
Initiate sewerage system projects, with establishment<br />
of utility offices <strong>in</strong> all prov<strong>in</strong>ces<br />
Hous<strong>in</strong>g project<br />
Streg<strong>the</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of environment legislation<br />
Efforts to <strong>in</strong>crease public education on environment.<br />
MDG 8<br />
} Moved from LDC status <strong>in</strong> 2011<br />
} External debt stock of public expenditure tripled<br />
between 2004-2009<br />
} Mobile teledensity – <strong>in</strong>crease by 140% by 2008<br />
} E-bus<strong>in</strong>ess, e-service, e-governance <strong>in</strong>itated<br />
} Mobile subscribers 8000(2000) to 450,000(2009)<br />
} Broadband service expand<strong>in</strong>g, specially to atolls<br />
Country <strong>Report</strong> Afghanistan<br />
Target 1 A: proportion of people who live<br />
below $1.25/day<br />
64
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