Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

The Millennium Development Goals and the International Development Agenda  -   TVP Manual - Section 1:Informing and Setting the Vision -

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 The World has enough food for all but millions of people still suffer from hunger.

The MDG1 aims at removing the factors responsible for poverty.  

Most developing countries have good rates of economic growth; but the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. 

The proportion of people living on less than $1 a day has decreased but 925 million people still suffer from chronic hunger. One in every four children in the developing world is still underweight.

In the world, 25% people still live on less than 1.25 dollars a day. There are countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone where high percentages of the population live in misery. 


 

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The impact of poverty is the hardest on the most vulnerable groups of the poorest segments of the population. - children, women and disabled. Children who are malnourished when they reach their second birthday could suffer permanent physical and cognitive damage.


 

MDG 1 - Targets 
 

GOAL 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Target 1A: Halve the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day
    • 1.1 Proportion of population below $1 per day (PPP values)
    • 1.2 Poverty gap ratio [incidence x depth of poverty]
    • 1.3 Share of poorest quintile in national consumption
  • Target 1B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people
    • 1.4 Growth rate of GDP per person employed
    • 1.5 Employment-to-population ratio
    • 1.6 Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day
    • 1.7 Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment
  • Target 1C: Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
    • 1.8 Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age
    • 1.9 Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption
       


 

Hard Facts
 
  • Children in rural areas of developing countries are nearly twice as likely to be underweight as those in urban areas;
  • One in every four children in the developing world is underweight; however, the proportion of underweight children under five has decreased from 31% in 1990 to 26% in 2005 
     
  • The proportion of people living on less than $1 a day has decreased from 46% in 1990 to 27% in 2005, absolute 'numbers having decreased from 1.8 billion in 1990 to 1.3 billion in 2005; 
  • According to FAO, people suffering chronic hunger increased from 815 million in 1990 to 1.023 million in 2008 and then decreased to 925 million in 2010;
     


 


 

Video Stories from the MDG1


       Episode 1 - MDG 1 - Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

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