MDG 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
By 2015, it is now expected that the global poverty rate will fall below 15 per cent, well under the 23 per cent target.
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