Budget Highlights
In 2010-11 the Government will implement new initiatives to support developing countries progress towards the MDGs by 2015. The Government will progress its commitment to scaling up the aid program to 0.5 per cent ODA/GNI by 2015-16 and support the growth of developing countries.
Assisting developing countries achieve the MDGs
Improving basic service delivery
Australia will support developing countries progress towards long-term resilience and sustained economic growth.
Major initiatives will include assistance for:
- Education and Development Awards ($303.7 million over four years) to support developing country partners progress towards achieving the MDGs by improving services and leadership, particularly through providing development award opportunities, increased school enrolments and technical and vocational training — page 10
- Health ($173.4 million over four years) to improve health services for the poor and vulnerable by increasing Australia's contributions to regional programs and developing country partners — page 13
- Disability ($30.2 million over four years) to support developing countries improve the quality of life of people with disability and improve access to social and economic opportunities — page 28
Working with partners
Australia will work to strengthen and expand our relations with key partners.
Major initiatives will include assistance to:
- Indonesia ($323.0 million over four years) to expand our development partnership with Indonesia to tackle key issues such as education, health and governance — page 45
- Afghanistan ($141.0 million over two years) AusAID and the Australian Federal Police will increase the Australian civilian effort in Afghanistan, working alongside the Australian Defence Force to build the capacity of the Afghan Government to deliver basic services — page 31
- Africa ($346.9 million over four years) to support improved leadership capacity through providing development award opportunities —page 47
Diagram 1: Millennium Development Goals
The MDGs are a set of global development objectives to be achieved by 2015 that were unanimously adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. They represent an unprecedented global unifying force for reducing poverty and enhancing human development. Attainment of the eight individual goals is to be measured by progress against associated targets, developed during and since the Summit.
In 2010, the UN will hold a Summit to boost progress towards the MDGs and lay out an agenda for 2010 to 2015. In 2010‑11, Australia will increase its support to assist developing countries achieve the MDGs.
- Halve the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day
- Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people
- Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
- Ensure that children everywhere, boys and girls alike, complete a full course of primary schooling
- Eliminate gender disparity in all levels of education
- Reduce by two thirds the under five mortality rate
- Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio
- Achieve universal access to reproductive health
- Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
- Achieve universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for those who need it
- Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
- Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources
- Reduce biodiversity loss
- Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation
- Achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020
- Targets cover: trading and financial systems, the special development needs of disadvantaged states, debt sustainability, affordable access to essential drugs and access to information and communications technologies
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