Goal 1: End poverty
in all its forms everywhere
Extreme poverty rates have been cut by more than
half since 1990. While this is a remarkable achievement, one in
five people in developing regions still live on less than $1.25
a day, and there are millions more who make little more than this
daily amount, plus many people risk slipping back into poverty.
Poverty is more than the lack of income and resources to ensure
a sustainable livelihood. Its manifestations include hunger and
malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services,
social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participation
in decision-making. Economic growth must be inclusive to provide
sustainable jobs and promote equality.
Facts & Figures
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836 million people still live in extreme
poverty
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About one in five persons in developing regions
lives on less than $1.25 per day
The overwhelming majority of people living on less than $1.25
a day belong to two regions: Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
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High poverty rates are often found in small,
fragile and conflict-affected countries
One in seven children under age five in the world has inadequate
height for his or her age
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Every day in 2014, 42,000 people had to
abandon their homes to seek protection due to conflict.
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By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all
people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less
than $1.25 a day
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By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion
of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in
all its dimensions according to national definitions
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Implement nationally appropriate social
protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and
by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
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By 2030, ensure that all men and women,
in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights
to economic resources, as well as access to basic services,
ownership and control over land and other forms of 13 property,
inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and
financial services, including microfinance
By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable
situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related
extreme events and other economic, social and environmental
shocks and disasters
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Ensure significant mobilization of resources
from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development
cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means
for developing countries, in particular least developed countries,
to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its
dimensions
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Create sound policy frameworks at the national,
regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive
development strategies, to support accelerated investment in
poverty eradication actions
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