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Goal 1Eradicateextreme poverty & hunger
High food prices may push 100 million people deeper into poverty
• Cost of living in developing countries• Increased prices of commodities• Increases in the price of food, increasing
of poverty.
Conflict leaves many displaced and impoverished
• Increased number of refugees worldwide• Strong responsibility of the United Nations• Continuous violence and persecution
Full employment remains a distant possibility
Achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people.
0 50 100
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Oceania
Latin America & theCaribbean
Northern Africa
Western
CIS
Transition countries ofSouth-Eastern Europe
Developed regions
Developing regions
Men
Women
Proportion of working-age population that is employed
Low-paying jobs leave one in five developing country workers mired in poverty
0 20 40 60
Sub-Saharan Africa
Souhtern Asia
Oceania
South Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia
Latin America & theCaribbean
CIS Asia
Western Asia
Transition countries ofSouth-Eastern Europe
Northern Africa
CIS Europe
Developed regions
Developing regions
2007
1997
Proportion of emplyed people living below $1(PPP) a day, 1997 and 2007(percentage).
Half the world’s workforce toil in unstable, insecure jobs
0 50 100
Southern Asia
Oceania
Northern Africa
Latin America & theCarribbean
Developed regions
Developing regions
Men
Women
Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment, 2007, women and men (percentage)
Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
• Progress in reducing hunger is now being eroded by worldwide increased food prices
• The poor are most affected by increasing food prices
• High-Level Conference on World Food Security - Rome, June 2008 -
Rising food prices threaten limited gains in alleviating child malnutrition
Children in developing countries who were underweight
0 20 40 60
Sub-Saharan Africa
Souhtern Asia
South Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia
Latin America & theCaribbean
Western Asia
Northern Africa
Developing regions
2006
1990
