Senior Research Fellow David Laborde, Research Assistant Tess Lallemant, and researchers from the International Institute for Sustainable Development penned a piece for The Huffington Post that aims to determine whether the global community can end hunger by the 2030 United Nations deadline. The op-ed mentions a new study by Laborde, Lallemant, and the IISD researchers that found it will cost $11 billion per year of additional investments in order to achieve the goal.
“The benefits go far beyond just ending hunger, but not only there will be better educational outcomes and a healthier workforce, but the money spent to end hunger — which includes investments in roads, new technologies and rural infrastructure — will spur much-needed economic development,” wrote the authors.