UNLEASH YOUR
CREATIVITY

Introduction

Over the years, we've been inundated with statistics and pictures of poverty around the world-so much so, that many people in both the North and South have come to accept it as an unfortunate but unalterable state of affairs. The truth, however, is that things have changed in recent years. The world today is more prosperous than it has ever been. The technological advances we have seen in recent years have created encouraging new opportunities to improve economies and reduce hunger.

Targets

Goal 1:
Eradicate Extreme Poverty & Hunger

Target 1a:
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day

Target 1b:
Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people

Target 1c:
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

Indicators

Target 1a: Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day

1.1 Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day
1.2 Poverty gap ratio
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: Reduce by half 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