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

Contents
Abbreviations
Executive Summary 1
1 Introduction 23
2 Millennium Declaration and Millennium
Development Goals 26
2.1 Historical background and genesis of the Millennium
Declaration 26
2.2 Significance of the Millennium Declaration 31
2.3 Evaluation of the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) 33
2.4 The Millennium process 38
2.5 Implications for German development cooperation 40
3 State of the Millennium process in the countries of
the Middle East and North Africa 41
3.1 Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger (MDG1) 45
3.2 Achieving universal primary education (MDG2) 49
3.3 Promoting gender equality and empowering women
(MDG3) 56
3.4 Reducing child mortality (MDG4) 69
3.5 Improving maternal health (MDG5) 72
3.6 Combating HIV/Aids, malaria, and other diseases
(MDG6) 74
3.7 Ensuring environmental sustainability (MDG7) 80