Implementation of the Kilimanjaro Programme of Action: lessons and prospects

UNITED NATIONS

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Original: ENGLISH

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA

Third African Population Conference Meeting of Experts

Dakar, Senegal

7-10 December 1992

.MPLEMENTAT.ON OF THE KILIMANJARO PROGRAMME

OF ACTION : LESSONS AND PROSPECTS

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more on cash-crops rather^franon ^^industrialisation reinforced the rural-

, .• • ,hf firit focused on data collection, the

Three phases are discernible in mis ^^V.^tteKitoanjaio Programme of Action

3 While Africa was preoccupied withissue*

decolonisation process, *e United Nation^^ ^the

wilh

mong

national development!/.

increased activities in data

World Population P.an of

s and measures of sovereigr;

X policy research which became an

united Nations family-

The Mexico City Conference (1984) reviewed and

^ for I furtherimplern.entat^n"^

d b h S«

Lmmen^ns for I p

and quality of life. It was preceded by the

U 1984 in Arusha whl=hp^falS

U (APC2) held

p^mme of Action on Popu a ion

w between ^^

and demographic objectives!/.

poor management of

development policies.

£/°fm> a signiflcant change in

*od of severe and unprecedented increase of poverty. The causes

i™«i * "".r ""• *^»piic some proeress in th*» frtrm,,i«*- P?°rIy balanced socioeconomic

dentation ofthe KPA ^J^C^^SltS^^Z^^

aspects of the population problem

l* St ^ If console Snet ^ Iff

popu afon-devdopment interrelationship^

APC3, which, as a the African regional i

for accelerated implementation of1he ^dunnT ren^ns a va.ld and a crucia. framework ££&

wit" the other emerging

Conference, in 1994; wiu be t0

T^- .un<tetan<«ng °f the ChVltleS IS the evening of

Jt SUategy and "WhaiS

gphic changes had caused

basic intermediate variable in

Z^th time' has '

still unresolve.

f^^ent, modernization and

*>**** StfUCtUre ^ toi™- ^ a

"I"' h "k ^^ inStitution of

new or.entat.on for further i

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ffigf^S ^ to s"^« P^^s for a

H. ANALYSIS OF IMPLEMENTING THE KPA ,n mortality levels andWurban

in development; implementing suggested effecting desir«l

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details of some of these areas:

(i) Population and development strategy and policy

13 The KPA advocated that member States.should JJ,JSfflK

Si V four main activities ^*^££&g£Lcc required to fill the gaps

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provided by UNFPA. 1 ti a

14. Deriving from the ^^^J^^^S^VSiTA ^^

, the deepening commitment *OT»J*£K?^ other development

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(ii) FertUity and IamUy plaraung nine African countries have

car caar1

s&fs.car caar j?55 s Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, MMriTfaLf, \ f^ fBenin' Cam

Zimbabwe] collaborated with the proframmf B ' Suda"' Tunisia' u«"*».

(iu) Morbidity and mortaUty

mortality reductionii/. reversal of all the gains realised thus far in

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or inniuii ^»vr.

distribution is inconclusive

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(iv) Urbanization and migration marked variations between

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promotmg the advancement of women

(vi) ChUdren and youth

Development; Youth wings of PolS Councils) and, to coordinate lYYactS

became permanent structures^/. '

policies to fcius on ted

promoted employment opportumties

S^1 ^ and population involving ^{^ ^ ^tems S}

the ed considerable roles in

the active participation of

^ rgmes-In Ph^ two fte?

^ * Cities (eg

a ?mPloyment « Community

natlonaI committees, some of which

?Outh P01^'

°f yOuth "^to. Some

relating to

ii) Population data collection, analysis, training and research

S^pmenrst^Tes.Tnvandrum, India), (viii) Population Information

on population.

advertisement m »«*—. ortiv:ties

exposure to their presence and activities

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exceptions, ^^^^Sent Requirements,

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48- Concerning Urbanization »nH „,.„_.,.•-_ ... . . °"S-

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51. Regarding the Changing roie nf wm

51. Regarding the Changing roie nf wm

52 Thus 8 year, after the Nairobi Strategy .and government machineries, programmes ^W

generally weak, >TIC^-^JS

elimination of all forms of d»«

respect to marital and family stotus pers.^^

are^either aware of women's legal rights nor dto they systems through which they must be^unpemented. *

Convention on the miMti«I particularly with actions. Most women and men

administrative

aj J invoivement

Adi and Training Services

54. Since the KPA., the from lack of educational

of resources, high i^frt

among teachers and students;, Mure: to

^^J^beTofgraduates produced in re

between theory and reality.

SS.Andyet.

suited to that journey into

the rate of school leavers and carried out mainly in the school

m lation programmes

m»«^children and youths

^ ^Hovvimpact of the mass media due in part

:ff££Ki sa-ass—. -.——i

of young peoples lives.

56. There has been no.follow-up of the ^^%^^£

and gaps in programming. It is now fy^V^foK implementation. The hope was that as

countries had drawn up long term plans for the; phase ^eme & ^ ARpAYj

^A^XSSSX SrX policies and programmes.

should

as

a total

on the priority ^W access to the media for the majori?

approach of their Northern

parbapatory grassroots deveToP

Ume as yet to develop a tradition

ganizational learning irrelevant an

EquaUy, they djsp] , £

-nitonng, financial and manage^

sector, never hTgh

neglected' thus f"«her shrinWng

the

t

g ca" NGOs the

generation share the development

fting in ^^ and proS

recency> ^ have had Uttte

?1' ^^ of competence render a and goa"s ™Po«ible

to share

of

ion phenomena; and, the

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StiuSural Adjustment P«>g«mmes

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is needed is to focus on

national crisis; this would

simultaneous with expanding uKhe^thS™! f*W*""^ «* urban and rural areas

systems; (ix) providing adequate rSceffamnif rVe ^"^ceptive distribution

£ the ?Acto pLW&fe^'. •" «™triwes should not only adopt the AHDF adopted WHO'S strateg?ofHeSSaS5?££ S& %*' *»» ** S

major channel for attaii th idi p S strateg?ofHeSSaS5?££ S& %' » ** ?^ ^? 2000 *** «* PH major channel for attaining the indicated goals an inw?^ ^? 2000 *** «* PHC

of operationalizing the AHDF stategTsKd te ^fflL"^ ? hi«Wight ^ modali^

addressing the underlying causes of le bEmLSmTL? y 6 ?onference wi* the goal of

the seated >moSt causes X^S^^^^^^ epidemic and

f"^-fflflSStXrS5£2! _W greater emphasis to regtoS <W«lmetr<f'«an and rural life. They ,! ^ ork f^-ttSSfflflSStXrS5£2!-*«*!-Sfr^"anetwork

makers); and pay greater attenrinn^ Tk0^ (lncl.udl?S a reonentation of planners and

due to pregnancy, there is need for govemmfnfwrficl anrf^f f, g p

unrnarned school girls. Measures tored?^ Sal^efEfsTp? rehabiIitale « ^

For mstance m employment, jobs where women Smfnof. SA?S on women m ne«led.

and mamtained. Gove^mente shouW enh™U!?^SS^ ^'^ $hould te Protected appropriate labourand time saving dencT^Zs^L^^ * aSnculture "y providing to prepare women for taking up PoS™Se^irgI^meS SnH°uld ^on-mad naaona, pohcy on WID and hS&I »3S^J^%^^»« ^

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community members; their needs, aspirationTZ nmht****. 1 WeU M famiIy ^

integrated, coordinated and intersec oraTriTer SicS^.h f' t0, te "HW»«*«» » an Planning and programming. And yet goveZS^SSShifc^t^SSf*t0^°licy formulation,

are sometimes palliative and isolated!)/ me**»™ taken to address the needs of youths

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stotegies to make censuses cost XtivTSufS2S(t0mpmvemeth°dologi«and simultaneous with ensuring thatper5cZlS'!y. compromising data quality census data needs should be prop^v deterST maintained at reasonable levels; (ii)

of sampling and formal \SiJSTSZJ&F?*' ^ * P™* Creasing u£

of dating!!/-

n. For the VS/CR system, tf&Zg*?&S!3%SLWj

72. For tne vo/^ »j»—. /V««5irtt «ha<^ the instruments or regisnamm »«««. — ~-

nroblems In the first phase (ie. pilot pnase;, inc « Qn ^ success achieved in

Ind oroeression from one phase to ™ot™^^*Ji^mme preference should be given to the

^ev&ase. For '^^l^ff^SS!^ ^ <« Sh0Uld ^ ^^

is continuing need

of inadequate

74 There is n^ for countries

f population and dev

fri dia org to

ng population and develop *

to African media organizations and the constraints indicated messages or advocate

tor

75.

by

programmes.

V. CONCLUSION

76 Efforts by African countries

associated assistance by the ints and/or shortcomings

made in terms of aiggested strategies

at the

■mP°PMint-ion_lnJ mum*.i»M.

5/ UNPPA,

, Julation including (i) Region"; <ii) • IEC";

and

aper : MCH and FP"; m Africa

the

6/ UNECA/RIPS (i)

Botswana, Uganda

1992)

11/ same as

13/«. -, j

technical cooperation 22-26 June 1992-

mpact of too-early

19/ Getachew Demeke, "A eHfu.i

199a

April. 7

24/ UNECA, "Implications of

11/ Mabogunje, A. L M

J&/ Richardson, h. w »

ssararsr ^

sssr?

29 April-

■al skills, of detailed

MHHMB

fh/alteTo^ent^ p^^on policies and

wmimaxim

formulating projects for funding.

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