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CSR : Millennium Developmental Goals

The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.

GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY & HUNGER
Target 1 : Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day
Target 2 : Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people
Target 3 : Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

GOAL 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
Target 1: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

GOAL 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
Target 1: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015

GOAL 4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
Target 1: Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate

GOAL 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Target 1: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources
Target 2: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss
Target 3: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation
Target 4: By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers

GOAL 8: DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
Target 1: Address the special needs of least developed countries, landlocked countries and small island developing states
Target 2 : Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system
Target 3 : Deal comprehensively with developing countries’ debt
Target 4 : In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries
Target 5 : In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications

GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY & HUNGER

Fact Sheet for Target 1
Higher food prices may push 100 million people deeper into poverty
Conflict leaves many displaced and impoverished

Fact Sheet for Target 2
Full employment remains a distant possibility
Low-paying jobs leave one in five developing country workers mired in poverty
Half the world’s workforce toil in unstable, insecure jobs

Fact Sheet for Target 3
Rising food prices threaten limited gains in alleviating child malnutrition

GOAL 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
Fact Sheet for Target 1
Political will, coupled with targeted investments, have yielded widespread progress in primary school enrolment
Poverty’s grip keeps children out of school
The quality of education is as important as enrolment .

GOAL 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
Fact Sheet for Target 1
Girls still wait for equal primary school access in some regions
Women slowly gain ground in political decision-making, but progress is erratic and marked by regional differences
Targeted action is needed to help girls from poor, rural areas stay in school
Job opportunities open up, but women often remain trapped in insecure, low-paid positions
Women slowly gain ground in political decision-making, but progress is erratic and marked by regional differences

GOAL 4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
Fact Sheet for Target 1
Despite progress, deaths of under five children remain unacceptably high
Vaccinations have slashed deaths from measles

GOAL 5: IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
Fact Sheet for Target 1
The high risk of dying in pregnancy or childbirth continues unabated in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia
Little progress has been made in saving mothers’ lives
Skilled health workers at delivery are key to improving outcomes

GOAL 6: COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES
Fact Sheet for Target 1
Despite small victories, AIDS continues to take a terrible toll, especially in sub-Saharan Africa
In almost every region, women represent a growing share of people living with HIV
Prevention programmes are yielding results
Antiretroviral drugs are adding years to peoples’ lives, but the need for treatment still outpaces the available supply
Planning for children orphaned by AIDS is increasing, but tangible support is slow in coming

GOAL 7: ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Fact Sheet for Target 1
Immediate action is needed to contain rising greenhouse gas emissions
Success in limiting ozone-depleting substances is also helping to mitigate climate change

Fact Sheet for Target 2
Marine areas and land conservation need greater attention
Deforestation slows and more forests are designated for biodiversity conservation
The number of species threatened with extinction is rising rapidly
Fish stocks require improved fisheries management to reduce depletion

Fact Sheet for Target 3
Almost half of the world’s population face a scarcity of water
More people are using improved sanitation facilities, but meeting the target will require a redoubling of efforts
In developing regions, nearly one in four uses no form of sanitation
Though access to improved drinking water has expanded, nearly one billion people do without
Women shoulder the largest burden in collecting water Target 4:
Simple, low-cost interventions could significantly improve the lives of many slum dwellers

Fact Sheet for Target 4
Simple, low-cost interventions could significantly improve the lives of many slum dwellers

GOAL 8: DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
Target 1
Development aid falls for the second year, jeopardizing commitments for 2010
Development assistance will have to increase substantially to double aid
to Africa by 2010

Target 2
Market access for most developing countries is little improved
Domestic agricultural subsidies by rich countries overshadow money spent on development aid
Trade-related assistance needs to be increased