At the midway point of achieving the MDGs, is SADC on track?
At the midway point between the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 and the 2015 target date for achieving them, the majority of countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are not on track to achieve many of the eight goals. In the SADC region, 40 percent of the population still lives below the poverty mark of US$1 a day. The possibilities of the region achieving the MDGs as planned in the Millennium Declaration are faced with daunting challenges including high levels of poverty, endemic food insecurity, environmental degradation and institutional and resource constraints, compounded by the HIV and AIDS pandemic. Southern Africa Trust Regional Integration Advisor, Dr Themba Mhlongo says, “In SADC, institutional and resource constraints coupled with inappropriate policies pose a serious challenge to achieving the MDGs.” He further says, “The achievement of the MDGs in SADC will depend on significant reforms at national and international levels
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