This document summarizes Sri Lanka's progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. It finds that while Sri Lanka has reduced poverty rates and achieved the MDG target of halving poverty, regional disparities in poverty levels still exist. The document also notes that Sri Lanka will likely not achieve its goal of a poverty-free society by 2016 due to current poverty levels, though the government remains committed to further reducing poverty and hunger.

1. Group Presentation
PUB 2322:
Development Administration

2. IN SRI LANKA

3. Content
 Millennium Development Goals.
 Eradicate extreme poverty and
hunger.
 Where do world stand?
 Where do Asia stand?
 Where do Sri Lanka stand?
 Achieving the goal.
 Conclusion.

4. Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs)
 The MDGs are eight international
development goals that were established
following the Millennium Summit of the
United Nations in 2000, following the
adoption of the United Nations Millennium
Declaration.

6. GOAL 1-Eradicate extreme
poverty and hunger
 Target 1A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015,
the proportion of people living on less than
$1.25 a day
 Target 1B: Achieve Decent Employment for
Women, Men, and Young People
 Target 1C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015,
the proportion of people who suffer from
hunger

7. Where do World
stand?

9. Quick facts
About one in five persons in developing
regions lives on less than $1.25 per day.
Vulnerable employment accounted for 56 per
cent of all employment in developing
regions, compared to 10 per cent in
developed regions.
About 173 million fewer people worldwide
suffered from chronic hunger in 2011–2013
than in 1990–1992.
One in four children under age five in the
world has inadequate height for his or her
age.
Every day in 2013, 32,000 people had to
abandon their homes to seek protection due
to conflict

10. Proportion of people living on less than
$1.25 a day, 1990 and 2010 (Percentage)

11. Top five countries with the largest share of
the global extreme poor, 2010 (Percentage)

12. Where do Asia stand?

13. Millennium Development Goals:
2014 Progress Chart (in Asia)
Targets
Asia
Reduce
extreme
poverty by half
Moderate
poverty
Moderate
poverty
Very high
poverty
low poverty
Productive and
decent
employment
Moderate
deficit
Large
deficit
Very large
deficit
Large
deficit
Reduce hunger
by half
Moderate
hunger
Moderate
hunger
High
hunger
Moderate
hunger
GOAL 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
 The words in each box indicate the present degree of compliance with the target.
 The colours show progress towards the target according to the legend below:
 Target already met or expected to be met by 2015.
 Progress insufficient to reach the target if prevailing trends
persist.
 No progress or deterioration.

14. Where do Sri Lanka stand?

15. Official Poverty Line of Sri
Lanka

17. Distribution of Population by
Sector and Poverty Status –
2009/10

18. Poverty free Sri Lanka by 2015 –is it a dream or a
reality?

19. Income and Non-income
poverty
 Income poverty is reflect by Official
Poverty Line of Sri Lanka.
 Non Income Poverty is reflect by
Human Development Index.
 1980 HDI- 0.557
 2013 HDI- 0.750
 HDI ranks Sri Lanka 73 out of 187
countries and place the country in high
human development category.

20. Regional poverty and its
causes
 Poverty level in Districts.
Mullaithivu District
Moneragala District 21%
Badulla District 12%
Western Province
Colombo District
Kalutara District
Gampaha District
29
%
2%
 Earnings in terms of wages-per earner per month
Agriculture sector Rs.12,541
Industrial Sector Rs. 17,142
Service Sector Rs. 21,886
The government labor force survey-
2012

21. Achieving the goal and
Conclusion
 Sri Lanka already achieved MDG 1.
 With the current level of widespread
poverty, it is highly unlikely that the
country will achieve its goal of poverty-free
society by 2016.(Mahinda
Chindana)
 For achievement the Government’s
commitment is essential.