1. Countries in or emerging from conflict are more likely  to be poor and face greater constraints, because basic infrastructure, institutions and adequate human resources are often absent and lack of security hampers economic development. 

2. 60 official Millennium Development Goal indicators assesses successes, obstacles and gaps in order to draw lessons on actions needed to achieve the Goals. (This is something to take a look at carefully)

4. In sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, poverty and hunger remain stubbornly high. The number of “$1 a day poor” went up by 92 million in sub-Saharan Africa and by 8 million in West Asia during the period 1990 to 2005.  The poverty situation is more serious when other dimensions of poverty, such as deprivation, social exclusion and lack of participation, are also considered. (In this I would also consider question of demographics)  

5. Despite earlier progress, the number of hungry has been rising since 1995 and the proportion of hungry people in the global population has been rising since 2004-2006. There are still over a billion hungry people, and more than 2 billion people are deficient in micronutrients; 129 million children were underweight and 195 million under age 5 were stunted. The number of hungry people worldwide rose from 842 million in 1990-1992 to 873 million in 2004-2006 and to 1.02 billion people during 2009, the highest level ever. This was largely a result of reduced access to food because of high food prices and the global financial and economic crisis, which has lead to lower incomes and higher unemployment.

6. Most of the 20 countries that have made no visible progress (in development) are in sub-Saharan Africa.

7. Economic growth in many countries over the past decades did not produce rapid job growth, prompting the term “jobless growth”. The lack of progress in creating productive and decent  jobs in urban areas, together with stagnant farm productivity in many rural areas, have been the key reasons for the persistence of poverty and the rise in the number of working poor. It is estimated that in 2008, some 633 million workers (21.2 per cent of the workers in the world) lived with their families on less than $1.25 per person per day, it is estimated that in 2009 this number increased by up to 215 million, including 100 million in South Asia and 28 million in sub-Saharan Africa.

8. The unemployed need more than just jobs; they need decent work that will give them adequate income and rights.

9. ! Good News ! Enrolment in primary education has increased fastest in sub-Saharan Africa, from 58 per cent in 2000 to 74 per cent in 2007.

10. Around 126 million children are still involved in hazardous work, and more than 72 million children of primary school age around the world, about half of them in sub-Saharan Africa, remain out of school.

There are different ways how to look at this post and highlights, but I would ask you to think about numbers, consequences as regarding idea 'one person - one vote'. 

Credits for pictures goes to Catherine Jamieson via Flicker and UN