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Herausforderung Hunger 2008
Die Ergebnisse des Welthunger-Indexes (WHI) zeigen deutlich, dass weiterhin nur geringe Fortschritte bei der globalen Hungerbekämpfung erzielt werden.
2008 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger
The 2008 Global Hunger Index (GHI) shows that the world has made slow progress in reducing food insecurity since 1990, with dramatic differences among regions and countries.
India State Hunger Index
The results of the India State Hunger Index 2008 highlight the continued overall severity of the hunger situation in India, while revealing the variation in hunger across states within India.
Landownership and food security in Uganda
Women in Uganda, especially widows, disproportionately suffer the impacts of AIDS because of their disadvantaged position due to sociocultural factors.
Helping women respond to the global food price crisis
The current food price crisis has received widespread attention, but discussions to date have largely overlooked the gender dimensions of the crisis.
The impact of agricultural extension and roads on poverty and consumption growth in fifteen Ethiopian villages
"This paper investigates whether public investments that led to improvements in road quality and increased access to agricultural extension services led to faster consumption growth and lower rates of poverty in rural Ethiopia.
The effects of increasing rates of HIV/AIDS-related illness and death on rural families in Zombia district, Malawi
The research, conducted from January to December 2006, investigated the effects of the HIV epidemic on a Zomba District sample of households that has been studied since 1986.
The social impact of cash transfers
This study explores one aspect of the broader issues of social networks.
The challenge of hunger
"With high food prices threatening the food security of millions of vulnerable households around the world, hunger and malnutrition are back in the headlines.