S o u rce: Report of the Secre t a ry - General on implementation of the Millennium Declaration. Data based on World Bank estimates.
1$1 a day is expressed in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
Goal 1 - Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Target: To halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day
1The target has largely been met in East Asia and the Pacific, but Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and parts of Europe and Central Asia are falling short.
The Millennium Development Goals:
How Are We Doing?
Under the eight broad Millennium Development Goals, governments have agreed on 18 targets, as well as 48 indicators to measure pro g ress. Following are some highlights from the first annual re p o rt by the United Nations Secre t a ry-General on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, (A/57/270, www. u n . o rg / m i l l e n n i u m g o a l s ) .
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Source: Report of the Secretary-General on implementation of the Millennium Declaration. Data based on UNESCO esti- mates.
1Northern Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Asia, Central Asia and the Pacific.
Goal 2 - Achieve universal primary education
Ta rget: To ensure by 2015 that children every w h e re will complete a full course of primary schooling
Many regions
1are on track to achieve the target before 2015, but lower levels of achievement and progress persist in sub-Saharan Africa, Western Asia and Southern Asia.
Goal 1 - Eradicate poverty and hunger
Target: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
In the developing world, Eastern and South-eastern Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean are on track to achieve the target among young children
1. Prevalence of underweight children is unchanged in Northern Africa. It remains high in South-central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, and is rising in Western Asia.
Source: Report of the Secretary-General on implementation of the Millennium Declaration. Data based on UNICEF and WHO estimates.
1In Eastern Asia, 19 per cent of under-five were underweight in 1990 and 10 per cent in 2000; in South-eastern Asia, 38 per cent in 1990 and 28 per cent in 2000; in Latin America and the Caribbean, 11 per cent in 1990 and 8 per cent in 2000.
