Target 1: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day
Target 2: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
Progress and Prospects
It’s entirely likely that the world will achieve this goal at an aggregate level, with 135 million people having been lifted above the $1 per day level between 1999 and 2004. This advance is being driven largely by economic growth and poverty reduction efforts in China and India. Progress in these two countries, with such large populations, however, hides the fact that many countries will not achieve the Goal. In Sub-Saharan Africa, though the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day fell by around 4% over the same period, the absolute number of people living in poverty remains the same, around 300 million people.
