All MDGs impossible to achieve

Though the government has through its three Year Interim plan committed to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it seems some of the goals among the eight are nearly impossible to achieve.
Nepal is one of 189 countries committed to MDGs, a pledge renewed in its Three-Year Interim Plan 2008-10. The MDG Progress Report for Nepal suggested that despite the decade-long conflict Nepal was likely or potentially able to meet all goals except two -- universal primary education and anti-HIV/AIDS drive.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges. The MDGs are drawn from the actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189 nations-and signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000.
There has indeed been tangible progress on some of the targets. Poverty incidence has gone down by over a percentage point per year since the mid-nineties. "But poverty alleviation and global partnership for development -- the first and the last of the eight goals -- are still elusive," according to the national MDG campaign and Advocacy. "However, five of the eight goals could still be achieved."
Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, primary education for all, gender equality and women empowerment, reduction in child mortality rate, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability and global partnership for development are the eight MDGs. These MDGs have been further broken down into 21 quantifiable targets that are measured by 60 indicators.
Due to lack of coordination between the government's development goals and MDGs, the fight against extreme hunger has gone nowhere. According to the report, unhealthy competition among social groups has made it impossible to achieve to the target of eradicating extreme hunger.
Even though the MDG report states that the poverty level in Nepal has declined to 21 per cent, the reason for poverty reduction is not the government and or any component of MDGs but the huge inflow of remittance.
Nepal is one of the countries with 48 per cent of children suffering from physical disabilities whereas there has been some progress in its targeted goal of universal primary education goal. The primary education for all status that was 64 per cent in 1990 has now reached 90 per cent, according to the report.
An overwhelming improvement has been observed in terms of women empowerment and gender equality -- with 33 per cent women's representation in the Constitution Assemble (CA) and women's increasing role in society.
The child mortality rate has also been reduced to more than a half in an interval of ten years and the present challenge is to reduce the mortality rate of children below five years of age from the current 54 per cent.
The report states that goal number five is achievable as the maternal mortality rate has come down by around 50 per cent since the 90s. n the other hand, cases of HIV/AIDS have been increasing whereas cases of malaria and tuberculosis are decreasing. The seventh goal -- improved environmental sustainability -- is also achievable as the the rural water supply and sanitation have improved according to the target, it said.