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Roundtable on infrastructure
service goals post-2015
Andrew Scott – Research Fellow
24 May 2012
What is infrastructure?
Water
Sanitation
Energy
Transport
Communications
Urban housing
Infrastructure services
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Water and sanitation in the MDGs
MDG 7: Ensuring environmental sustainability
Target 7.C: Halve the proportion of the population
without safe drinking water and sanitation by 2015.
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Urban housing in the MDGs
MDG 7: Ensuring environmental sustainability
Target 7.D: Achieve a significant improvement in the
lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020.
Lack of access to improved water supply
Lack of access to improved sanitation
Overcrowding (3 or more persons per room)
Dwellings made from non-durable material.
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ICTs in the MDGs
MDG 8: Develop a global partnership
Target 8.F: In cooperation with the private sector,
make available the benefits of new technologies,
especially information and communications.
Fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Internet users per 100 inhabitants
Fixed and mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
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Energy in the MDGs
No goal, target or indicator.
Millennium Project MDG-compatible proposal:
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Enable the use of modern fuels for 50% of those who at present
use traditional biomass for cooking
Ensure reliable access to electricity to all in urban and peri-urban
areas.
Provide access to modern energy services (in the form of
mechanical power and electricity) at the community level for all
rural communities.
Transport in the MDGs
No goal, target or indicator.
Rural Access Index: proportion of the rural population
living within 2 km of an all-season road.
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Post-2015
Christmas tree approach – goals for specific
issues
Jigsaw approach – framework with core
objectives
Bullseye approach – focus on a single goal
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Post-2015
Key issues for infrastructure:
• Universality
– Quality, definition and measurement
• Governance
– Participation, accountability
• Sustainability
– Resource scarcity, environment, SDGs
• Global v. national
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Water post-2015
Safe and sustainable drinking water is accessible
for all, without discrimination.
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The poorest 20% have access to an improved, safe and
sustainable drinking water source, by 2030.
Halve the proportion of the population who do not have an
improved, safe and sustainable water supply at home, by 2030.
Everyone has access to an improved, safe and sustainable
drinking water source beyond the household, by 2040.
All countries demonstrate progressive improvements in drinking
water service levels, across all wealth quintiles, by 2030.
Sanitation post-2015
Universal use of sustainable (sustained?)
sanitation services that protect public health and
dignity.
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The poorest 20% of the population does not practice open
defecation, by 2025.
The poorest 20% of the population uses an adequate
(acceptable?) sanitation facility (or system?), by 2040.
Everyone uses adequate (acceptable?) sanitation in schools and
health facilities, by 2025.
The excreta of y% of households is fully managed, by 2040.
Energy post-2015
Sustainable Energy for All objectives:
• Ensuring universal access to modern energy services.
• Doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency.
• Doubling the share of renewable energy in the global
energy mix.
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Transport post-2015
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(Included in debate about Connectivity goal.)
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ICTs post-2015
Connectivity for access to essential information,
services and opportunities ?
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Urban housing post-2015
UN-Habitat:
Promote cities that are environmentally
sustainable, socially inclusive and economically
productive.
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Halve the proportion of people living in slums at the city level by
2030, and prevent the formation of new slums.
Questions
• Are separate MDG-type goals for each kind of
infrastructure service desirable post-2015?
• Should infrastructure services be considered essential
elements for more broadly defined goals?
• Is infrastructure an enabler only, and does not need to
be explicitly considered?
• For infrastructure, how important is the qualitative
aspect?
• How should infrastructure link to Sustainable
Development Goals?
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