Table A1.1 Millennium Summit Development Goals

Income Poverty

To decrease by 50 percent the proportion of people in extreme poverty by 2015 (1990 baseline)

• Poverty headcount ratio (percent of population below national poverty line)
• Poverty headcount ratio (percent of population below US$1 a day)

Economic Opportunity

Food Security and Nutrition

To decrease by 50 percent the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by 2015

• Percent of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (caloric intake in context of food balance sheet)
• Percent of underweight under-5s

Health

Health and Mortality

Reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015 (2000 baseline)

Estimated HIV adult prevalence rate

Reduce the under 5 mortality rate by two-thirds by 2015 (1990 baseline)

Under 5 mortality rate

Reproductive Health

Reduce the maternal mortality rate by three-quarters by 2015 (1990 baseline)

Maternal mortality rate

Achieve universal access to safe/ reliable contraceptive methods by 2015 (baseline 1993)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Education

Achieve universal access and completion of primary education by 2015 (baseline 1990)

Net enrollment in primary education

Education

Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2005 (baseline 1990)

• Ratio of girls to boys in primary education
• Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education

Participation and Empowerment

Environment

All countries to be implementing a current national strategy for sustainable development by 2005

Percent of countries with environmental strategies

Environment

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