Universal primary school enrolment emerges as easily attainable in all regions except sub-Saharan Africa, but quality concerns raise questions about this target. Gender equity in school enrolment, finally, is only very weakly correlated with per capita income and income inequality. Policies to promote women's empowerment are the crucial factor here. Lucia Hanmer concluded with various caveats. They included a warning that growth rates often fluctuate widely around forecast trends, and that income inequality can rise quickly in unstable economies.
Recent figures suggest declining poverty incidence but rising inequality in Tanzania.
The implications of inequality are similar to those in the global study. On cautiously optimistic assumptions based on improving recent growth performance, the income poverty target is met. For Uganda, Rosemary McGee reported a similarly mixed picture. The targets for economic well being did not seem attainable, given that they would require real growth of consumption of 4.9 per cent - higher than recent rates which represent growth from a very low base. Universal primary education has been declared but quality is expected to decline sharply - perhaps a case of a target distorting priorities.