India way off development goal: ADB
The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday said India, despite making significant improvement in access to primary education, would not meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets
By Agencies |
MANILA: The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday said India, despite making significant improvement in access to primary education, would not meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets as in the case of other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
ADB in its annual statistical publication - Key Indicators 2006 - said the MDG targets for universal primary enrolment and two-thirds reduction in child mortality were unlikely to be met unless governments rapidly intensified efforts to improve basic education and access to primary health care for the poor. India, along with Bangladesh, had made significant progress in improving access to primary schooling but concerns remained regarding the quality.
It also said India was in danger of falling short of the target to reduce the under-5 child mortality rate to two-thirds of 1990 levels by ’15. ADB economist and author of the report Ajay Tandon said policies aimed at reducing inequalities in health and education needed to be based on careful, evidence-based analysis of the constraints.
ADB in its annual statistical publication - Key Indicators 2006 - said the MDG targets for universal primary enrolment and two-thirds reduction in child mortality were unlikely to be met unless governments rapidly intensified efforts to improve basic education and access to primary health care for the poor. India, along with Bangladesh, had made significant progress in improving access to primary schooling but concerns remained regarding the quality.
It also said India was in danger of falling short of the target to reduce the under-5 child mortality rate to two-thirds of 1990 levels by ’15. ADB economist and author of the report Ajay Tandon said policies aimed at reducing inequalities in health and education needed to be based on careful, evidence-based analysis of the constraints.
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