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CHAPTER 5

Ending Extreme Poverty and
Hunger Worldwide
Chapter Summary
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of cutting hunger in half by 2015 is clearly within reach.
Recent data show that the world has made more progress against hunger than previously thought. But progress
against malnutrition has been too slow. Globally,
1 in 4 children are stunted. Chronic malnutrition
poses one of the gravest threats to human
development and achieving sustainable progress
on other MDGs. Reducing malnutrition remains
part of the unfinished agenda of the MDGs. As
international debate around a post-2015 agenda
intensifies, the United States should provide
leadership and work with the global community
to forge a unified and universal set of global
development goals that includes a specific goal
to end hunger and achieve food security and
good nutrition by 2030. It should also include
indicators that advance women’s economic
empowerment, community resilience, and good
governance and effective institutions.

MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS CHAPTER
• The international community should make a
concerted push to achieve the MDG targets by
the December 2015 deadline.
• The international community must reach
agreement on a set of development goals to
succeed the MDGs.
• The next development goals should be for all
countries, including the United States.
• The post-2015 development goals should include a
stand-alone goal to end hunger by 2030 and achieve
global food security and good nutrition for all.
• The next round of development goals should
underscore the need to strengthen local capacity
and resilience in low-income countries.

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