Millennium Development Goals
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Millennium Development Goals
A look at progress
I. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Good progress, but vulnerable employment persists
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MET: Halve number of people living under $1.25/day
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NOT YET: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all
PROGRESS: Halve number suffering from hunger
II. Achieve universal primary education
Leaps in improvement, but some problems in keeping children in school past primary
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PROGRESS: Ensure children everywhere are able to complete full primary schooling
III. Promote gender equality, empower women
Significant but uneven progress
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MET: Eliminate gender disparity in education
PROGRESS: Cut 2/3rds of mortality rate for children under 5
NOT MET: Cut maternal mortality by 75%
NOT MET: Achieve universal access to reproductive health
VI. combat aids, malaria and diseases
Good progress on tackling diseases, but need more access and affordability for medicine
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NOT MET: Halt and reverse spread of HIV/AIDS
NOT MET: Achieve universal access to treatment of HIV/AIDS
PROGRESS: Halt and reverse spread of other major diseases
VII. Ensure environmental sustainability
Significant improvement in human living standards, but more action on environment needed
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NOT MET: Integrate principles of sustainable development into policies, reverse loss of resources
NOT MET: Significantly cut rate of biodiversity loss
Halve number of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water (MET), sanitation (NOT MET)
Significantly improve lives of 100 million+ slum dwellers
VIII. Global Partnership for development
Some significant progress recorded, but lack of transparency in companies and affordability
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