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Millennium Development Goals - MDG's

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A student in Mozambique, one of the countries where primary school enrolment has grown significantly following the elimination of school fees. UN Photo / P. Sudhakaran

GOAL 1

 Through a national input subsidy programme, Malawi achieved a 53% food
surplus in 2007, from a 43% national food deficit in 2005. 
 
Vietnam’s investment in agriculture research and extension helped cut
the prevalence of hunger by more than half, from 28% in 1991 to 13% in 2004-06. The prevalence of underweight children also more than halved from 45% in 1994 to 20% in 2006. 

Nicaragua reduced its hunger rate by more than half, from 52% in 1991
to 21% in 2004-06. 

In Northeast Brazil, stunting, an indicator of child malnutrition,
decreased from 22.2% to 5.9% between 1996 and 2006-07. 
 
Between 1991 and 2004, the number of people who suffer from
undernourishment in Ghana fell by 34%, to 9% of the population. 
 
In Argentina, the Jefes y Jefas de Hogar programme employed 2 million
workers within a few months after its initiation in 2002, contributing to the
country’s rapid poverty reduction, from 9.9% in 2002 to 4.5% in 2005. 
 
In Laos, supporting local farmers helps to fight national poverty