Sustainable Development Goal 1

 1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions

1.3 Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable

1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance

1.5 By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters

1.A Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions

1.B Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions

• 783 million people live below the international poverty line of US$1.90 a day
• In 2016, almost 10 per cent of the world’s workers live with their families on less than US$1.90 per person per day
• Globally, there are 122 women aged 25 to 34 living in extreme poverty for every 100 men of the same age group.
• Most people living below the poverty line belong to two regions: Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
• High poverty rates are often found in small, fragile and conflict-affected countries
• One in four children under age five in the world has inadequate height for his or her age
• As of 2016, only 45% of the world’s population were effectively covered by at least one social protection cash benefit.
• In 2017, economic losses due to disasters, including three major hurricanes in the USA and the Caribbean, were estimated at over $300 billion.