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Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger


TARGETS
INDICATORS
1. Halve between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day.

  • Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day
  • Poverty gap ratio (incidence x depth of poverty)
  • Share of poorest quintile in national consumption
2. Halve between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
  • Prevalence of underweight children under five years of age
  • Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption


See ADB's Key Indicators 2006 for the most recent status of this goal in ADB's developing member countries.


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