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Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Target 1: Halve the severe poverty rate by 2009, as compared to 2002
  Indicator 1: Severe poverty rate
  Achieved in 2005
  Last updated: 05.11.2007
- Target 2: Halve the consumption deficit of the severely poor population
  by 2009, as compared to 2002, and reduce social polarization
  Indicator 2: Consumption deficit of the severely poor population
- Target 3: Increase the level of employment of people between 15
  and 24 years of age
  Indicator 3: Unemployment rate of 15-to-24-year olds
- Target 4: Support agricultural producers and processors
  Indicator 4: Domestic and export agricultural subsidies
- Target 5: Significantly reduce the prevalence of low height for age in
  children between 2001 and 2015, especially in rural areas
  Indicator 5: Prevalence of low height for age
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
- Target 6: Ensure that at least 95% of children in rural areas
  complete a full course of primary and secondary education
  as of 2012
  Indicator 6: Net / gross enrolment ratio in compulsory education
  Indicator 7: Dropout ratio
- Target 7: Increase the literacy rate of the Rroma population
  Indicator 8: Literacy rate of the Rroma population
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
- Target 8: Increase women’s level of employment
  Indicator 9: Women’s employment rate
  Women’s employment level has decreased.
  (The level of employment of both men and women has decreased, the decrease in the employment level of men being larger than the decrease in the employment level of women.)
  Last updated: 05.11.2007
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
- Target 9: Halve the mortality rate in children aged 1-4 years
  between 2002 and 2015
  Indicator 10: Mortality rate in children aged 1-4 years
- Target 10: Reduce infant mortality by 40% between 2002 and 2015
  Indicator 11: Infant mortality rate
- Target 11: Eliminate measles by 2007
  Indicator 12: Proportion of 1-year-old children immunized against
  measles
  Anti-measles immunization coverage decreased
  Last updated: 05.11.2007
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
- Target 12: Halve the maternal mortality rate, between 2001 and 2009
  Indicator 13: Maternal mortality rate
  Indicator 14: Proportion of births attended by skilled health
  personnel
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Target 13: Maintain, by 2007, the incidence of HIV/ AIDS at the
  level of 2002
  Indicator 15: Incidence of HIV/AIDS Indicator 16: Contraceptive prevalence rate
- Target 14: Have halted by 2005 and begun to reverse the incidence of
  tuberculosis
  Indicator 17: Prevalence and death rates associated with tuberculosis
  Indicator 18: Proportion of TB cases detected and cured under DOTS
  (Directly Observed Treatment Short Course)
  Achieved
  Last updated: 05.11.2007
- Target 15: Provide access to affordable essential drugs
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
- Target 16: Ensure a growth of the afforestation rate, from 27% to 35%
  by 2040
  Indicator 19: Proportion of land area covered by forest
  Area covered by forests decreased
  Last updated: 05.11.2007
- Target 17: Increase the proportion of protected land area from 2.56%
  in 1990 to 10% by 2015
  Indicator 20: Land area protected to maintain biological diversity
- Target 18: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  Indicator 21: Carbon dioxide emissions per capita
- Target 19: Double by 2015 the proportion of people with sustainable access
  to drinking water
  Indicator 22: Proportion of population with sustainable access to water
  sources
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
- Target 20: Double the number of subscribers to fixed telephony
  networks between 2001 and 2015
  Indicator 23: Telephone lines per 1,000 people
- Target 21: Increase by at least 20% yearly the number of personal
  computers
  Indicator 24: Personal computers per 1,000 people

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