millenium developmental goal #1

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8 Millenium Development Goals

1. Eradicateextremepoverty &hunger

2. Achieve universalprimary education

3. Promote genderequality & empowerwomen

4. Reduce childmortality

5. Improve maternalhealth

6. Combat HIV/AIDS,malaria & otherdiseases

7. Ensureenvironmentalsustainability

8. Develop a global

partnership fordevelopment




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What are the causes of hunger? Poverty is the principal cause of hunger. The causes of poverty include

poor people's lack of resources, an extremely unequal income distribution inthe world and within specific countries, conflict, and hunger itself.

Harmful economic systems are the principal cause of poverty

and hunger.Hunger Notes believes that the principal underlying cause ofpoverty and hunger is the ordinary operation of the economic and politicalsystems in the world.

Conflict as a cause of hunger and poverty.At the end of 2005,the global number of refugees was at its lowest level in almost aquarter of a century.

Hunger is also a cause of poverty, and thus ofhunger. By causing poor health, low levels of energy,

and even mental impairment, hunger can lead to evengreater poverty by reducing people's ability to work andlearn, thus leading to even greater hunger.

Climate changeClimate change is increasingly viewedas a current and future cause of hunger and poverty.


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There are other related causes (also often related to thecauses of poverty in various ways), including the following:

Land rights and ownership Diversion of land use to non-productive use Increasing emphasis on export-oriented agriculture Inefficient agricultural practices War Famine Drought Over-fishing Poor crop yield Lack of democracy and rights High Food wastage etc.


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1. The table used to calculate this number.

Region

%in $1.25 a daypoverty

Population

(millions)

Pop. in $1 aday poverty(millions)

East Asia and Pacific 16.8 1,884 316

Latin America and the Caribbean 8.2 550 45

South Asia 40.4 1,476 596

Sub-Saharan Africa 50.9 763 388

Total Developing countries 28,8 4673 1345

Europe and Central Asia 0.04 473 17

Middle East and North Africa 0.04 305 11

Total 5451 1372

Source: See World Bank PovcalNet "Replicate the World Bank's Regional Aggregationathttp://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/povDuplic.html
http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/povDuplic.htmlhttp://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/povDuplic.html


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FIGURE 1: Poverty Incidence of Population by Region, 2003

Legend

Below national average (7.3 - 30.4)

Above national average(30.5 - 54.2)

Source

NSO Family Income and Expenditures Survey 2003

ARMM 53.1

Cordillera Region 31.2

Metro Manila 7.3

Ilocos Region 30.2

Cagayan Valley 24.5

Central Luzon 17.7

CALABARZON 18.8

MIMAROPA 47.9

Bicol Region 48.4

Western Visayas 39.1

Central Visayas 28.4

Eastern Visayas 43.3

Western Mindanao 49.4

Northern Mindanao 44.3

Southern Mindanao 34.4

Central Mindanao 38.4

CARAGA 54.2


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FIGURE 2: Percentage of Underweight Children 0-5 Year Olds


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Does the world produce enough food to feedeveryone?

The world produces enough food to feed everyone. Worldagriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today thanit did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This isenough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720

kilocalories (kcal) per person per day according to the most recentestimate that we could find (FAO 2002, p.9). The principal problemis that many people in the world do not have sufficient land to grow,or income to purchase, enough food.


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Q: How does food insecurity affect human and economic development?

A: Children who are malnourished when they reach their secondbirthday could suffer permanent physical and cognitive damage,thereby affecting their future, health, welfare, and economic well-being. For developing countries, the impact on their ability to raise aproductive workforce can last for generations, while in the shorterterm rising food prices can exacerbate inequality and lead to conflictand political instability.

http://www.worldbank.org/mdgs/poverty_hunger.html


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Food security, through better nutrition, can improve education,

health, productivity, and other important and social and economic

factors that allow people to have a good life (see figure).


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We can reduce poverty and hunger by:

Investing in agriculture

Creating jobs

Expanding social safety nets

Expanding nutrition programs that target children under2 yrs of age

Universalizing education

Promoting gender quality

Protecting vulnerable countries during crisis

Assisting in water and sanitation improvement.

http://www.worldbank.org/mdgs/poverty_hunger.html


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Conclusion:

As can be seen, young people are integral toaddressing the issues of extreme poverty andhunger. They can assist with rural development,combating corruption and developing social and

environmental entrepreneurship. In order toutilize this potential, young people should befully engaged in processes such as the PovertyReduction Strategy Processes and other rural

and urban development initiatives.


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We have the means, we have the capacity, to eliminate hunger from the face

of the earth in our lifetime. We need only the will. John F. Kennedy, 1963


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Sources:http://www.undg.org/docs/11421/MDG1_1954-UNDG-MDG1-LR.pdf

http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm

http://www.equip123.net/equip3/docs/YAC/YouthandMDGs.pdf

http://www.unicef.org/mdg/poverty.html

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