The East African quotes Ben Leo on Tanzania and Burundi's slow progress toward the MDGs.
From the article:
According to a report prepared by a Washington Think Tank, the two countries are the region’s laggards in achieving the MDGs targets by 2015.
Though Tanzania has a higher score than Burundi, the document entitled ‘Who are the MDG trailblazers? A new MDG Progress Index’ expresses disappointment on the former, saying its high ratings in institutional performance, has not been replicated on MDGs.
“In fact, Tanzania’s performance is below the required achievement trajectory for every indicator examined,” said one of the researchers Ben Leo.
The indicators examined were poverty reduction, education, gender equality, child and maternal mortality , access to safe drinking water, undernourishment and prevalence of HIV/Aids rates.
The researchers allocated Tanzania a low progress score of 1.0, having none of the eight measured indicators above the trajectory threshold.
The country is, however, on the right track on primary education completion and reduction in child mortality rate, having achieved almost 50 percent of the required trajectory.
Burundi, unlike Tanzania, which has suffered years of instability, was expected to have a low progress index. The small country was allocated a score of 0.5, having made gains only on education of boys and girls.