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October 19, 2010 - Posted by Bethany Duffield
The first Millennium Development Goal aims to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by reducing by half the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 a day, by achieving full and productive employment for all, including women and young people, and by reducing by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. A review of progress made on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since their inception (2000) that was completed before the recent United Nation’s Summit quotes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: “It is clear that improvements in the lives of the poor have been unacceptably slow, and some hard-won gains are being eroded by the climate, food and economic crises.”"