Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Poverty is falling across the world from a third to a fifth
Sub-Saharan Africa will miss MDGs by decades at current rates
  Achieve universal primary education
Enrolment in primary education increased by two thirds since 1999
Sub-Saharan Africa trails with still a third of children not at school
72 million still not at school in 2005

Promote gender equality and empower women
Women’s political participation growing
Greatest gains in Asia, no gains in North Africa, signs of progress in Arab states
Employment outside of farming is up

Reduce child mortality
Child mortality declined globally
10 million children die before their fifth birthday
Life-saving interventions are proving effective in reducing the impact of child killers – such as measles

Improve maternal health
Middle income countries have made progress
500,000 women still die of preventable complications in childbirth
In sub-Saharan Africa, a woman’s risk of dying in such complications is 1 in 16 compared to 1 in 3,800 in developed world

Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases
HIV prevalence has levelled off in the developed world
Number of AIDS deaths in sub-Saharan Africa increased from 2.2 million in 2001 to 2.8 million in 2005
One in four of the people living with HIV get drug treatment out of 4.8 million in need   

Ensure environmental sustainability
The world lost 3 percent of its forest in last 15 years
Deforestation is decreasing over past 5 years
Only a fifth of world’s fisheries are now sustainable
Proportion of protected environments has increased to 20 million square kilometres 

Secure a global partnership for development
Debt servicing continues to lighten
Donors pledged to double aid to Africa, but no show so far
Official aid dropped by 5 percent in 2006, the first drop in a decade
Market access has stalled for developing countries