Target 1a: Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day
1.1 Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day
1.2 Poverty gap ratio
1.3 Share of poorest quintile in national consumption

Target 1b: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people
1.4 Growth rate of GDP per person employed
1.5 Employment-to-population ratio
1.6 Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day
1.7 Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment
 
Target 1c: Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
1.8 Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age
1.9 Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption

One of  the main challenges posed by the MDGs is achieving Goal 1. UNDP is actively working to help countries monitor and achieve this goal. In this context, many of the best practices have risen from linking national Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers to the MDGs.

 Proportion of households below the national poverty line (%)
 Poverty gap ratio
 Purchasing power parities (ppp) conversion factor, local currency 
   unit to international dollar
 Share of poorest quintile in national consumption (%)

5.7
<0.5
1.82

4.4

(2004)
(1997)
(2006)

(1997)