Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and 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

 Are we on target?
The goal of cutting in half the proportion of people in the developing world living on less than $1 a day by 2015 remains within reach. However, this achievement will be due largely to extraordinary economic success in most of Asia.

In contrast, previous estimates suggest that little progress was made in reducing extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. In Western Asia, poverty rates were relatively low but increasing. And the transition economies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and South-Eastern Europe were still recovering from the rise in poverty in the early 1990s.

MDG 1 Solutions:

Plumpynut: One 3-ounce Plumpy'nut packet addresses hunger with 500 Calories per serving.  see video: Anderson Cooper

Action Against Hunger: Innovative, lifesaving programs in nutrition, food security, water and more.  see video

UN World Food Programme: the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. see video

PlayPumps: Improving access to safe water (see Water Crisis Facts) for growing food using pumps powered by kids playing.  see video

Solar Fridge: Small portable unit requiring no outside power source that is used to keep food cool for days so it does not spoil.

SolarFlex Fruit & Vegetable Dryer: Passive solar fruit and vegetable dryer that has a flexible design and is inexpensive to manufacture. Drying fruits and vegetables with this system is a cost effective long-term food storage solution that requires no external electricity to operate, and eliminates the need for chemical preservatives.

Trees For Life: Using the fabulous Moringa Tree, and working on projects that address soil regeneration, this organization has planted tens of millions of fruit trees in India, Guatemala, Haiti, and Brazil since 1984.

SRI Rice Intensification: Methodology for increasing the productivity of irrigated rice cultivation by changing the management of plants, soil, water and nutrients. SRI practices lead to healthier, more productive soil by nurturing the abundance and diversity of soil organisms.

Action Against Hunger	UN World Food Programme	Plumpynut	Therapeutic Milk F100	Water.org	SRI Rice Intensification

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