The document discusses goals and targets related to ending poverty and hunger according to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides data and analysis on Egypt's progress towards SDG Target 1.1 on eradicating extreme poverty, Target 1.2 on reducing national poverty rates, and targets on malnutrition under SDG 2. The document summarizes Egypt's poverty rates over time, measures of multidimensional poverty, and differences in poverty across governorates. It also presents options for improving measurement of poverty progress through new data sources.

1. SDGs Cross-Country and
Trend Analysis (Goals 1: End Poverty)
Heew Kim (@HeewKim)
Programme Specialist
Poverty Reduction & Sustainable Livelihoods
UNDP Egypt
UNDP-IFPRI Seminar “Measuring & Monitoring SDGs in Egypt”
23 June 2016 | UNDP Conference room

2. Sustainable Development Goals
• Adopted in Sept 2015
• Plan of action for the People,
Planet and Prosperity
• Agenda of ‘Inclusive,
Sustainable and Resilience
Development’
• ‘Leave no one behind’
• 17 Goals & 169 Targets & 230
indicators

3. Target 1.1. By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people
everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a
day.
Target 1.2. By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men,
women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions
according to national definitions

4. Target 1.1. By
2030, eradicate
extreme poverty
for all people
everywhere,
currently
measured as
people living on
less than $1.25 a
day.
2.52m
1.33m
4.46%
2.46%
1.81%
2.26%
1.68%
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
3000000
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
SDG1: Egypt Poverty Headcount Percentage ($1.25 PPP a day)
Poverty Headcount
Poverty Rate

5. Target 1.2. By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and
children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national
definitions
• First published in 2010 HDR.
• Why MPI?
- Poverty is not just about money
- People’s view of poverty
- Policy implications
• How?
- 3 dimensions / 10 indicators
- deprived in over 1/3 of indicators
• SDGs have endorsed the MPI
Multidimensional Poverty Index

6. Survey Year MPI
(H*A)
MPI Headcount
ratio: % of poor (H)
(k=33.3%)
Average
intensity of
poor (A)
Vulnerable to
Poverty
(k=20-33.3%)
In severe
poverty
(k>50%)
DHS 2014 0.014 3.6% 38.1% 5.4% 0.4%
Egypt Multidimensional Poverty
Number of Multidimensional Poor in Egypt (2014): 2,966,000
0.034
0.024
0.014
0.000
0.010
0.020
0.030
0.040
2005 2008 2014
MPI Egypt: Change in MPI 2005-2014

7. 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
Years of Schooling
Child School Attendance
Child
Mortality
Nutrition
Electricity
Improved
Sanitation
Drinking
Water
Flooring
Asset
Ownership
MPI Egypt: Censored Deprivation in each Indicator
Egypt Multidimensional Poverty

8. SDGs Cross-Country Regressions
• Method promoted by WB for Country
Diagnostics on SDGs
• Use GNI per capita as determinant
factor to regress relevant SDGs
• Provide cross-country analysis on
identifying gaps or lag in achievement
• Can only be used for SDGs that are
correlated with GNI per capital (e.g.
poverty, health, education,
infrastructure).

9. Source: WDI (2016); MPI (2016)

10. Target 1.2. By
2030, reduce
at least by
half the
proportion of
men, women
and children
of all ages
living in
poverty in all
its dimensions
according to
national
definitions
11.2m
14.4m
17.1m
20.7m
22.5m
16.7
19.6
21.6
25.2
26.3
5000000
7000000
9000000
11000000
13000000
15000000
17000000
19000000
21000000
23000000
25000000
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
SDG1: Egypt National Poverty Rate & Population
Poor Population National Poverty Rate

11. Sustainable Development Goals

13. 61.7
59.6
55.8
47.7
44.3
38.5
36.9
33.132.3
30.629.628.8
22.321.8
18.718.3
16.916.8
14.613.413.1
11.310.6
9.0
5.3
3.8
2.47m
2.33m
1.63m
0
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
3000000
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
SDG1 : National Poverty Rate by Governorate
Poverty Rate # of Poor

14. Innovations in Measurement
PREMISE: Tracking real time prices thru
user generated photos
UN Global Pulse: Using Satellite Imagery to
estimate poverty levels in rural villages in Uganda
Estimating Poverty based on Mobile Activity data
Example in Cote D’Ivoire (Smith et al. 2012)

15. Thank you
Heewoong Kim
Programme Specialist
Poverty Reduction & Sustainable Livelihoods
UNDP Egypt
heewoong.kim@undp.org
@HeewKim

16. Target 2.1. By
2030, end
hunger and
ensure access
by all people, in
particular the
poor and people
in vulnerable
situations,
including
infants, to safe,
nutritious and
sufficient food
all year round

17. Target 2.2. By
2030, end all
forms of
malnutrition,
including
achieving, by
2025, the
internationally
agreed targets on
stunting and
wasting in
children under 5
years of age, and
address the
nutritional needs
of adolescent
girls, pregnant
and lactating
women and older
persons