1. No poverty

Extreme poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 1990. While this is a remarkable achievement, one in five people in developing regions still live on less than $1.25 a day, and there are millions more who make little more than this daily amount, plus many people risk slipping back into poverty.

Poverty is more than the lack of income and resources to ensure a sustainable livelihood. Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participation in decision-making. Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality.

Links with 8.7

8.7 linkages to be analyzed

Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including social protection floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable. Putting in place social protection systems is key to tackling child poverty and reducing incentives for child labour –especially its worst forms–, since advancing child-sensitive social protection reduces the depth of poverty and increases the possibilities of this reduction being sustainable. However, it is estimated that currently only 20 per cent of the working-age population has effective access to social protection systems.