Millennium Development Goal No. 1 Eradication of poverty and hunger CONTENTS

A note prepared jointly by FAO, IFAD, WFP

Background paper for the
High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development and the ECOSOC High-Level Segment Roundtable Dialogue on the Eradication of Poverty and Hunger
New York, 27 June – 1 July 2005

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Rome, 2005

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Prospects for meeting the hunger and poverty goals

Linkages between MDG 1 and the other MDGs

Elements of a strategy for meeting MDG 1

Financing the strategy

Conclusion