Middle East / North Africa and the Millennium Development Goals ...

(Overview 1: The MDGs, with targets and indicators, continued)
Goals and targets
Target 16: In cooperation
with developing
countries, develop
and implement
strategies for
decent and productive
work for youth
Target 17: In cooperation with
pharmaceutical
companies, provide
access to affordable
essential drugs
in developing
countries
Target 18: In cooperation with
the private sector,
make available the
benefits of new
technologies,
especially
information and
communications
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Indicators
(with the international organization/s
responsible for collecting the statistical data)
45. Unemployment rate of young people
aged 15–24 years, each sex and total
(ILO)
(An improved measure of the target for
future years is under development by
the International Labour Organization).
46. Proportion of population with access
to affordable essential drugs on a
sustainable basis (WHO)
47. Telephone lines and cellular subscribers
per 100 population (ITU)
48. Personal computers in use per 100
population and Internet users per 100
population (ITU)
Source: Website of the United Nations Statistics Division: http://millennium
indicators.un.org/unsd/mi/mi_goals.asp (17 May 2004)
Note:
a The poverty gap refers to the money needed to completely erase poverty, if it
were perfectly targeted and each poor person were given exactly the value of
his or her income shortfall below the poverty line.
German Development Institute