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# **Table of Contents**

|**INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................. 1**|
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|**1.**<br>**MDGS IN MAURITANIA: PROGRESS TO DATE................................................................ 3**|
|**2.**<br>**DATA AND METHODOLOGY................................................................................................. 4**|
|**3.**<br>**HOW MUCH WILL THE MDGS COST?................................................................................ 7**|
|3.1 <br>TOTALCOST ANDFINANCINGGAP....................................................................................... 7|
|3.2<br>INDIVIDUALGOAL’SCOSTS ANDFINANCINGGAPS.............................................................. 9|
|_MDG 1: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty.......................................................................... 9_|
|_MDG 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education .......................................................................... 11_|
|_MDG 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women.......................................................... 12_|
|_MDG 4: Reduce Child Mortality ................................................................................................. 13_|
|_MDG 5: Improve Maternal Health .............................................................................................. 15_|
|_MDG 6: Combat HIV/Aids, Malaria & other Diseases............................................................... 16_|
|_MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability ............................................................................ 17_|
|**4.**<br>**ACCELERATING PROGRESS: POLICY CHANGES AND INSTRUMENTS ................ 19**|
|4.1<br>POLICYCHANGES NEEDED AT THESECTORALLEVEL......................................................... 19|
|_MDG 1: Eradicate Extreme Hunger and Poverty........................................................................ 19_|
|_MDG 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education .......................................................................... 20_|
|_MDG 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women.......................................................... 21_|
|_MDG 4: Reduce Child Mortality ................................................................................................. 22_|
|_MDG 5: Improve Maternal Health .............................................................................................. 22_|
|_MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria & other Diseases.............................................................. 23_|
|_MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability ............................................................................ 24_|
|4.2<br>INTEGRATING THEMDGS INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS........................................................ 25|
|**5. CONCLUSIONS.............................................................................................................................. 30**|
|**REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................... 32**|
|A. BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................................. 32|
|B. WEBRESOURCES.......................................................................................................................... 35|