Global Issues. Kristen A. Hite

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new century. Each goal, which applied from 2000 to 2015, had specific targets to help measure progress in reaching the goal. To address poverty, the United Nations set a target of reducing by half the number of people living on the equivalent of less than $1 a day by 2015. This poverty goal was successful, leading to a new and more ambitious goal for the 2015–2030 period under the Sustainable Development Goals.

      How did the world do in achieving the first Millennium Development Goal – a goal, by the way, unprecedented in the world’s history? As we have seen from the information presented above, China and India are doing quite well, but the same cannot be said for many other countries. Take the time to read the following paragraph from the Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 by the United Nations, as it presents a good summary of the world’s progress up to that date in achieving this goal:

Photo displaying decrepit house units made mostly of woods and other light materials.

      Source: World Bank.

      Then in 2015, nations adopted a new and more ambitious 15‐year target under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: ending poverty by 2030. Optimists cite the information above as reasons to believe this is achievable; however, pessimists question whether this goal is genuinely achievable.

      Plate 2.2 The weight of poverty falls heavily on children in poorer nations

      Source: United Nations.

Chart depicting the number of extremely poor individuals by region, in the year 2013 and 2015.

      Source: The World Bank. “http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/povDuplicateWB.aspx

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