Poverty

===United Nations===
{{See also|Sustainable Development Goals}}
In 2015 all UN Member States adopted the 17 [[Sustainable Development Goals]] as part of the [[Post-2015 Development Agenda]], which sought to create a future global development framework to succeed the [[Millennium Development Goals]], which were goals set in 2000 and were meant to be achieved by 2015.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Biermann |first1=Frank |last2=Kanie |first2=Norichika |last3=Kim |first3=Rakhyun E |date=2017-06-01 |title=Global governance by goal-setting: the novel approach of the UN Sustainable Development Goals |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343517300209 |journal=Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability |series=Open issue, part II |language=en |volume=26–27 |pages=26–31 |doi=10.1016/j.cosust.2017.01.010 |bibcode=2017COES...26...26B |issn=1877-3435}}</ref> Most targets are to be achieved by 2030, although some have no end date.<ref name="UN Stats-2017">{{Cite web |title=SDG Indicators - Global indicator framework for the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |url=https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/indicators-list/ |access-date=6 August 2020 |website=United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)}}</ref> [[Sustainable Development Goal 1|Goal 1]] is to "end poverty in all its forms everywhere".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/poverty/|title = Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere}}</ref> It aims to eliminate extreme poverty for all people measured by daily wages less than $1.25 and at least half the total number of men, women, and children living in poverty. In addition, social protection systems must be established at the national level and equal access to economic resources must be ensured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/sdg-2030/targets/lang--en/index.htm|title=2030 Development agenda: ILO Focus targets (The 2030 development agenda)|website=www.ilo.org}}</ref> Strategies have to be developed at the national, regional and international levels to support the eradication of poverty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal1|title = Goal 1 &#124; Department of Economic and Social Affairs}}</ref>