What Do We Want to Achieve?
Reduce by half the number of people who live on less than $1 per day
Guarantee stable employment
Reduce by half the number of people who live in hunger
What Have We Already Achieved?
We have reduced the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 per day by 600 million
Between 1990 and 2008, the poverty rate dropped from 47% to 24%, despite world population growth
What Challenges Remain?
There are still 850 million people living in hunger in the world
Child malnutrition remains a concern. In 2010, almost 1/3 of children in Southern Asia were underweight