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the movement for relief issues. cost of ending
hunger, costs of ending poverty, estimated
cost, amount needed to end poverty, abolish
starvation, feed the world's poor. cost of
education for every child on earth.
The Millennium Goals
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development
United Nations
Millennium Development Goals
U.N. Statistics Division
Statehealthfacts.org
Operation Truth
Initiative for Global Development
Digital Divide
Pentagon
White House
Senate
House of Reps
Center for Defense Information
Brookings Institute
SIPRI
RESULTS
Center for Public Integrity
FAO
UNHCR
WFP
UNICEF
Alertnet
Adopt a Minefield
Vietnam Veterans of America
National Veterans LSP
Globalissues.org
UNDP
World Health Organization
UN-Habitat
UNHCHR
DFID
World Bank
UNFPA
Choike
Make Poverty History
UN Development Program
Annual Cost of Improving the World
• $19 billion: Eliminates starvation and malnutrition globally.
• $12 billion: Provides education for every kid on earth.
• $15 billion: Provides access to water and sanitation.
• $23 billion: Reverses the spread of AIDS and Malaria.

The Cost in Perspective
• $420 billion: U.S. Military budget this year.
• $247 billion: Cost of Iraq War thus far.
Sources: World Bank, National Priorities Project
$40-$60 billion: Annual cost of attaining all 8 of the Millennium Goals before 2015.
$230 billion: Annual amount going to U.S. military contractors.
More Perspective
$8 billion: Amount Americans spend a year on cosmetics.
$17 billion: Amount spent on pet food in Europe and the United States.
$400 billion: Amount the world spends on Narcotic drugs.
UN Humanitarian Affairs News
UN News Center
UN Statistics Division on the MDG's
UN Dispatch
United Nations Secretary General
UN Foundation
Main Bodies of the UN
UN Humanitarian Affairs
UN Economic and Social Development
FAQ's on the UN
Millennium Promise
Millennium Project
Millennium Campaign
What is the cost of ending global
poverty? The cost of ending global
poverty is $19 billion a year.