Millennium Development Goals

Kyrgyzstan vs. Kenya

Tancie Harmer & Eric Gaspar

what are the millennium development goals?

The millennium development are the worlds goals
to address and reduce the poverty levels in
developing countries. They work on several
different areas in order to improve the lives of
individuals in these countries. There are 8 goals, as
follows: eradicate hunger and poverty, universal
education, promote gender equality, reduce child
mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV
and AIDS, sustaining the environment and
developing a global partnership

eradicate extreme hunger and poverty

Between 1990 and 2015, we want to have the proportion of people whose income is less
than $1.25 a day
Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and
young people
Have, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

Kyrgyzstan
Poverty:
GNI:3,080 PPP dollars (2013)
GDP per capita average annual
growth rate: 3.81%
The people in Krygystan make an
average of $4.51 per day.
Hunger:
Use of improved drinking water
sources: 91.5%
Kilocalories per person per day: 210

Kenya
Poverty:
GNI: 2,780 PPP dollars (2013)
GDP per capita average annual
growth rate: 5.33%
The people in Kenya make an
average of 1$ per day.
Hunger: Use of improved drinking
water sources: 60.9
Kilocalories per person per day: 260

According to the statistics that we have found, we concluded that Kyrgyzstan is overall
more developed in the goal to eradicate hunger and poverty. The people in Kyrgyzstan
are making more money each day and have a higher GNI.

achieve universal primary education

Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to
complete a full course of primary schooling

Kyrgyzstan
97.1% of all children are
enrolled in school.
97.6% of males are in school
96.5% of females are in
school

Kenya

92.5% of all children are

enrolled in school.
83.5% of males are in school
84.5% of females are in
school

Looking at our statistics and comparing them we saw the Kyrgyzstan has a high
percentage of students enrolled in school. We can see higher rates of both male
in females in school than those of Kenya. Both countries continue to develop in
this goal by making means for more students to go to school.

promote gender equality and empower

women

Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by

2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015

Kyrgyzstan
54% of enrolled students are female
Women predominate among
educators, health and social services,
where wages are about two times
lower than in traditionally mens
sectors

Kenya

48.4 % of females are enrolled in

secondary education.

The government's commitment to

invest in social services to improve
the welfare of the population has
been consistent in the past 8 years.
A new constitution inaugurated in
2010 provides for 30% of women in
all elected and public offices.

According to our research, Kyrgyzstan has much more equality between the sexes. Women do,
however, recieve significantly less wage even though they typically have more education than the
males.

reduce child mortality

Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

Kyrgyzstan
Under 5 mortality rate in
the following years:
1990: 65.7
2000: 49.2
2012: 26.1
Annual rate of reduction:
4.4%

Kenya
Under 5 year mortality
rate in the following
years:
1990: 98
2000: 110
2012: 73
Annual rate of reduction:
1.4%

When we compare the rates between countries we can how Kenya has more of the
following years under the 5 year mortality rate. We can also see that Kyrgyzstan has a
higher annual rate of reduction than Kenya which makes things worse for Kenya when it
comes to maternal health

improve maternal health

Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio
Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health

Kyrgyzstan
Maternal Mortality Rate: 54.5 (per
100,000)
a significant increase in the number
of births with various complications,
presence of various pathologies
before pregnancy, which exacerbate
during pregnancy and result in fatal
cases.
efforts are made to introduce
improved practices of rendering
perinatal care, antenatal care and
friendly services for a child in 48% of
delivery facilities,

Kenya
Maternal Mortality Rate: 488 (per
100,000)
The Kenyan government has adopted
a contraceptive security strategy to
reduce birth rate. There are many
complications when factors such as
disease, unsafe abortions, etc.
The government also committed to
shifting budgetary resources from
curative health to preventive health
services

Kenya has not reached the goals set forth in the millenium development goals.
Kyrgyztan has, and is doing pretty well in the maternal mortality rate of women. They
have successfully reached the goals set forth.

combat HIV/AIDS, malaria,

and other diseases
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who
need it
Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other
major diseases

Kyrgyzstan

Kenya

People living with HIV:

7,900
Women: 1,300
Men: 6,600

People living with HIV:

1,400,000
Women:8,200
Men:1,390,000

HIV cases have increased dramatically over the past few years.

New cases arise annually

with adults and there are
higher infections rates
with married couples
bringing challenges.

HIV cases have increased

dramatically over the past
few years.

Both countries are affected by HIV but judging from our statistics we can see that it is
more common in Kenya. The rates are very high of people living with the disease and
also passing it to future generations to come.

ensure environmental sustainability

Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and

programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to
safe drinking water and basic sanitation

Kyrgyzstan

Kenya

Use of improved sanitation

facilities: 91.9%

Use of improved sanitation

facilities: 29.4%

Use of improved drinking water

sources: 91.5%

Use of improved drinking water

sources: 60.9%

The level of environmental sustainability in Kyrgyzstan is significantly higher than Kenya. Kyrgyzstan
has successfully achieved the goals set forth in the millennium goals.

global partnership for development

Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial
system
Address the special needs of least developed countries
Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries

Kyrgyzstan
To solve serious economic and social
problems of the Kyrgyz Republic in
the 90th, the country had to resort to
significant external borrowings. As a
result, by 2000 the national foreign
debt rose to a value greater than
GDP. In this regard, the Government
took measures to reduce the level of
foreign debt: a Mid-term strategy to
reduce the foreign debt for 20022005 was adopted, restructuring of
external debt was held.

Kenya
Trade has increasingly become the
cornerstone of the Kenya's economic
development in the 21st century.
Kenya's exports are mainly primary
products from the agriculture sector.
The volume of international trade
between Kenya and the rest of the
world has been increasing over the
years. While exports and imports
exhibit an increasing trend, imports
have been increasing more rapidly
than exports and hence the widening
trade balance deficit.

We can judge by the ways of partnerships for development of each country that they are
the same in being a part of the system. They both make efforts and progress in their
ways of exportation/importation and resolving debts.