Issue Brief No. 47The IFPRI Global Hunger Index was first presented in a joint report produced by IFPRI and German Agro Action [Deutsche Welthungerhilfe] for World Food Day, October 16, 2006.
The fight against hunger and undernutrition has been a long-standing component of development efforts. Strategies to improve food security and nutrition are not only worth pursuing for their own sake, but are also key elements of poverty reduction. In spite of this, progress in combating hunger and malnutrition has been lagging for decades. Best practices to combat hunger and undernutrition have been available for a long while, but a lack of political will among leaders and a lack of political power among the poor have hampered their implementation.
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- The Challenge of Hunger—Global Hunger Index: Facts, determinants, and trends
English: (PDF 4.7M) - Herausforderung Hunger Welthungerindex: Fakten, Ursachen, Entwicklungen
German: (PDF 2.0M)
- A Global Hunger Index: Measurement Concept, Ranking of Countries, and Trends
IFPRI FCDN Discussion Paper No. 212. December 2006.
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