Lesotho

Millenium Development Goals

Goal Target/s Lesotho National Targets
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Halve the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day and those who suffer from hunger. Cut by one third the proportion of people who live below the national poverty line 2015
2. Achieve universal primary education Ensure that all boys and girls complete primary school. Achieve universal primary education by 2007
3. Promote gender equality and empower women Eliminate gender disparities in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and at all levels by 2015 Eliminate gender disparity in all levels of education and increase the proportion of seats held by women in the National Assembly to 30% by 2007
4. Reduce child mortality Reduce by two-thirds the mortality rate among children under five. Cut infant mortality by one third between 1990 and 2015
5. Improve maternal health Reduce by three-quarters the ratio of women dying in childbirth Reduce maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters by 2015
6. Combat HIV/AIDs, malaria and other diseases Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDs and the incidence of malaria and other major diseases Halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDs by 2007
7. Ensure environmental sustainability Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources. By 2015, reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water. By 2020 achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers. Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources. Halve, by 2015, the proposition of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
8. Develop a global partnership for development Develop further an open trading and financial system that includes a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction - nationally and internationally. Address the least developed countries' special needs, and the special needs of landlocked and small island developing states. Deal comprehensively with developing countries' debt problems. Develop decent and productive work for youth. In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries. In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies - especially information and communications technologies. Develop an open, rule-based, non-discriminatory trading and financial system