GOAL 1:
ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY & HUNGER

• MDG Monitor for Goal 1
• Fact Sheet for Goal 1

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

• Higher food prices may push 100 million people deeper into poverty
• Conflict leaves many displaced and impoverished
  

Target 2: 
Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people

• Full employment remains a distant possibility
• Low-paying jobs leave one in five developing country workers mired in poverty
• Half the world’s workforce toil in unstable, insecure jobs
  

Target 3: 
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

• Rising food prices threaten limited gains in alleviating child malnutrition