Table 2 Goal 1 of the Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) | |
|---|---|
Goals and Targets (from the Millennium Declaration) | Indicators for monitoring progress |
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger | |
Target 1: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day | 1. Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day 2. Poverty gap ratio [incidence x depth of poverty] 3. Share of poorest quintile in national consumption |
Target 2: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger | 4.Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age 5.Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption |