Magnoli Bocchi, AlessandroPontara, NicolaFall, KhayarTejada, Catalina M.Gallego Cuervo, Pablo2012-05-312012-05-312008-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6827Mauritania is a resource-rich developing country. As many other African nations, it will not reach most of the Millennium Development Goals, unless the authorities commit to accelerating progress. To succeed by 2015, the government needs to: mobilize additional financial resources, introduce policy changes at the sector level, and strengthen the links between strategic objectives and the budget. Adopting the Millennium Development Goals as the overarching development framework will keep policy-makers focused on concrete results and help them avoid the so-called "natural resource curse." This paper calculates the total cost of the Millennium Development Goals and financing gap (on aggregate and for each goal); recommends changes in domestic sector policies; and proposes ways to integrate the Millennium Development Goals into the budget process. Over 2008-2015, the total cost of reaching the goals in Mauritania and the resulting financing gap stand at, respectively, around 9 and 3 percent of non-oil gross domestic product on average per year. Education is the most expensive goal in absolute terms, but the individual financing gaps are widest for poverty reduction and improving maternal health. On the policy side, sector strategies need to be aligned with the goals and resources allocated more than proportionally to the disadvantaged groups, mainly at the local level.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESACCESS TO MARKETSACCOUNTINGADVOCACY PURPOSESALLOCATION OF RESOURCESAWARENESS CAMPAIGNSBASIC SANITATIONBENEFICIARYBUDGETINGCALCULATIONCALCULATIONSCANTEENSCAPACITY BUILDINGCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATECHILD MORTALITY RATESCHILDBIRTHCHRONIC MALNUTRITIONCITIESCLEAN DRINKING WATERCLEAN WATERCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCONDOMSCONTRACEPTIVE METHODSCONTRIBUTIONCONTRIBUTIONSCROWDING OUTDEATH RATESDEBTDEBT FORGIVENESSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISEASESDOCTORSDRINKING WATERDROUGHTSDRUGSEARLY MARRIAGEECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC MANAGEMENTEFFICIENT INVESTMENTEMERGENCY OBSTETRIC SERVICESEMPLOYMENTENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEPIDEMICSEPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCEEQUILIBRIUMEXCHANGE RATEEXERCISESEXISTING CAPACITYEXPENDITURESEXTREME POVERTYFAMILIESFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL NEEDSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFOOD QUALITYFOOD SECURITYFREQUENT PREGNANCIESFUTURE INCOMEGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER DISPARITYGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPSGENDER PARITYGLOBAL PARTNERSHIPGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS NATIONAL INCOMEHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE DELIVERYHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SPENDINGHEALTH STATUSHEALTH WORKERSHIGH-RISK PREGNANCIESHIVHOSPITALIZATIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXHUMAN RESOURCESHUNGERHYGIENEIMPACT ON POVERTYINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINEQUALITYINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFANTSINFLATIONINFORMATION CAMPAIGNSINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONSINTERVENTIONINVESTINGINVESTMENT PROGRAMIRONIRRIGATIONKIDSLABOR MARKETLABORATORY EQUIPMENTLENDERSLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIVE BIRTHSLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL COMMUNITIESMACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCEMACROECONOMIC SHOCKSMALARIAMATERNAL DEATHSMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATEMATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOMEATMEDICAL CENTERSMEDICAL TEAMSMEDICINESMILLENNIUM DECLARATIONMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMOBILE CLINICSMORTALITY RATEMOSQUITO NETSMOTHERNATIONAL POPULATIONNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENATIONAL PRIORITIESNATIONAL STRATEGYNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLLUTIONPOORPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOPULATION DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION · INCREASEPOST-REFORMPOSTPARTUM CAREPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMSPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERPOVERTY TARGETPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMENPRESENT VALUEPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTPROBABILITYPROGRAMS FOR HEALTHPROGRESSPSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENTPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSQUALITY CONTROLQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF SERVICESREDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITYREHABILITATIONREMOTE AREASRESOURCE CONSTRAINTSRESPECTRETENTION RATERURALRURAL AREASRURAL GROWTHRURAL HOUSEHOLDRURAL INCOMESRURAL PHENOMENONRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYRURAL ROADSRURAL SCHOOLSSAFE DRINKING WATERSAFE WATERSALARIESSANITATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECTORAL POLICIESSKILLED PERSONNELSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL SUPPORTSUSTAINABLE ACCESSSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTARGETINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETEENAGE GIRLSTOTAL COSTTRAINING PROGRAMSTRANSPORTATIONTUBERCULOSISUNDER-FIVE MORTALITYUNIFORMSUNIVERSAL ACCESSUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONURBAN AREASURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POVERTYURBANIZATIONVACCINATIONVACCINESVALUABLEVITAMINSWAGESWARSYOUNG GIRLSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4674