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Short Narratives - Goal by Goal

Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger Poverty Achieve Universal Primary Education Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women Reduce Child Mortality Improve Maternal Health Combat HIV and AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases Ensure Environmental Sustainability Global Partnership for Development

Goal 1 / Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger

Poverty - Target likely to be achieved

The country's current poverty level is 25.4 per cent, suggesting that it has been reduced by 5.5 percentage points since 2005.The 2008-2009 assessment of variation in poverty incidence geographically and socially remains much the same as 2005 reporting period. The 2009 assessment indicates that 95.5 per cent of poor people live in rural areas and the incidence of poverty in rural areas (28.5 per cent) is almost four times higher than that in urban areas (7.6 per cent). Furthermore poverty reduction rate in rural areas (18 per cent) is slower than that in urban areas (20 per cent). Remittances are one of the main contributors to poverty reduction. Sustained poverty reduction is possible only with higher levels of employment generation through greater investment and growth and private sector is one of the key players. Agriculture should be revived for young people and workers to return from abroad.

Hunger - Target unlikely to be achieved

49 percent of Nepalese children under five are chronically malnourished (stunted). This figure is within the top five in the world. Although there has been some development on the hunger indicators in the past, the recent rapid rise in food prices and the consequences of climate change pose the main challenges in achieving the target. The limited growth in agricultural output needs to be addressed through increased irrigation facilities, improved market access and better use of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, as well as giving due attention to climate change and deforestation.

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