Halving the world's hunger
Since the second half of the twentieth century the economic differences between rich and poor states have been increasing.  In fact, the consequences of economic globalization produce several benefits for the wealthiest sates; however, this is not the case for developing countries (Weiss, Forsythe, Coate & Pease 2007, 323). Not only do poverty and hunger remain widespread  in the Third world, but with the encouragement of neo-liberal economic policies in the 1980s and 1990s inequalities in states like China and India are growing (Baylis, Smith & Owens 2008, 470). The challenges that are caused by globalization are spread unevenly within and between states. Put more simply, poverty is a worldwide problem.
  It is with the acceptance of the Millennium Development Goals in 20001, that those challenges were recognized by the United Nations.  These aims are measurable objectives with a specific time limit, concerning eight areas ranging from health to poverty, from education to environment. The first of these goals is the elimination of extreme poverty and hunger. The United Nations strives to halve the proportion of people who suffer from hunger between 1990 and 2015 in all member states. Despite that several states have already met their targets before 2015, the number of people who suffer from hunger have increased to 852 million in 2002 after a strong reduction in the 1990s (FAO 2007, 130-131). Furthermore, some regions like East Asia and Central Africa experienced an increase in the number of undernourished people between 1990 and 2003 (FAO 2007, 130-134).
  What is most striking is the reason why some parts of the world will not achieve their targets. The Millennium Development Goals are unjust to Africa, according to Easterly (2009). He discusses that by defining success and failures as numerical achievements, it is less likely for Africa to meet these goals. It is for this reason why it seems that Africa  is not improving while they have accomplished a lot the last years. 
Literature
Baylis, J., Smith, S., & Owens, P. (2008). The Globalization of World Politics. New York, Oxford University  Press.
Easterly, W. (2009). How the Millennium Development Goals are Unfair to Africa. In World Development Vol.  37,  No. 1, pp. 26-35. 
FAO (2007), The State of Food and Agriculture 2007. Rome.   
Weiss, T.G., Forsythe, D.P., Coate, R.A., & Pease K. (2007). The United Nations and Changing World Politics.  Boulder, The Perseus Books Group.
1 UN Document A/RES/55/2, September 18, 2000.