2015 Millennium Development Goals

Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger:Target: Halve the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day. Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all. Halve the proportion of people who suffer from hungerHas it been achieved? Extreme poverty rates have fallen in every developing region - 700 million fewer people lived in extreme poverty in 2010 than in 1990 however 1.2 billion people still live in poverty The proportion of undernourished people has decreased from 23% in 1990-92 to 15% in 2010-12 South-eastern Asia is the first region to reach hunger reduction targets - decreased from 29.6% to 10.9% Number of unemployed people has increased by 28 million since 2007 Achieve Universal Primary Education: Literacy rates amongst adults and youths are on the rise and gender gaps are narrowing Number of out of school children dropped from 102 million in 2000 to 57 million in 2011 Primary education enrolment in LEDCs reached 90% in 2010 however 123 million youths aged 15-24 lack basic reading and writing skills and 6% of them are young women After 4 years of primary schooling as many as 250 million cannot read and write Reduce Child Mortality:Target: Reduce child mortality by 2/3 between 1990 and 2015 for children under 5Has it been achieved?Worldwide mortality rates for children under 5 dropped by 4.7% from 90 deaths per 1000 to 48 deaths in 2012

Gender Equality and Empower Women: Women employment rose by 40% outside agriculture by only rose by 20% in south and west Asia and north Africa In 2012 the number of women in parliament rose by 20% Develop a Global Partnership for Development:Target: Deal with developing countries debt. Develop open, roles based, predictable, non-discriminating trading and financial systemHas it been achieved? G20 resisted creating new trade barriers Remittance flows to LEDCs are increasing - 5.3% increase over 2011 World Bank committed $52.6 billion in loans, grants, equity investment and guarantees to help promote economic growth 83% of LEDC imports enter MEDCs duty free Ensuring Environmental Sustainability: 2.1 billion have gained access to improved drinking water sources 863 million live in slums in LEDCs Global CO2 emissions have increased by 46% since 1996

Success: Poverty has reduced by 47% globally Significant funding being provided by the big players e.g. US TNCs expanding provides jobs and drives the economy Average European $100 per year Failure: Sub Saharan Africa still lingers behind - poor political choices Aid levels still very low - 0.3%, target of 0.7% Rate of progress is too slow 'Rules of the game' are stacked against poor countries Girls in Sierra Leone waiting for government to provide social housing for girls out of brothels Divide between large scale and grass roots specific Governance accountability $1 trillion 1 year lost to corruption TNCs exploiting cheap workforce TNCs can hinder development by profiteering 1/2 of Americas aid is tied to purchase US goods (we will only give you aid if you do/buy this) 60% of aid never hits the ground