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The surge of refugees, including those flowing into Europe from Syria, can positively affect economic growth by increasing the labor force and boosting demand for goods, without introducing negative effects often attributed to foreigners, a new study has found. The study, entitled “The EU Refugee Crisis: The Tip of a Global Iceberg,” found that overall […]

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is launching Compact2025, an ambitious initiative to work with countries to end hunger and undernutrition by 2025, as a first step toward eradicating extreme poverty. Inspired and informed by successes in many countries, Compact2025 seeks to bring evidence, data, and innovation to the challenge of ending hunger and […]

Today, the United Nations announced that El Niño has contributed to a 3.9% increase in major food commodities in October. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Outlook report found that sugar and palm oil supplies were the main reasons for the increase. IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan responded in a statement: The 3.9 percent rise […]

by Shenggen FanDirector General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)October 21, 2014 –Washington, D.C. While the health impacts of Ebola are devastating, this recent outbreak is triggering a food crisis that may persist for decades, posing significant challenges not just for food security in West Africa, but also for future economic growth. Guinea, Liberia, and […]

Conflicts are strongly associated with severe hunger

19 South, East, and Southeast Asian countries included in the reportTimor-Leste, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and North Korea have the highest hunger levels in Asia Key Findings and Trends Global Hunger Index Background The 2015 Global Hunger Index (GHI) is calculated for 117 countries for which data are available for four indicators:  GHI scores could not […]

38 countries in Africa South of the Sahara included in the reportHunger in the region rated “serious”  Key Findings and Trends Scores among the 117 countries in the report varied widely. Scores of 9.9 or lower denote low hunger; scores between 35.0 and 49.9 denote alarming hunger. This year no countries hit the threshold of […]

As world leaders agree to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) this week, which will anchor the global development agenda for the next 15 years, it is critical to keep the focus on ending hunger and undernutrition—a stepping stone to ending extreme poverty and attaining multiple SDGs. Together, we can achieve a world free of hunger […]

Malnutrition exists in every country on the planet Healthy children are the minority in at least 5 large countries Read the report (PDF 7.3 MB) September 15, 2015, London—Nutrition can be a driver of change or a barrier to progress, and, according to the Global Nutrition Report being released on September 22 in New York […]

Large infrastructure gaps, climate change, high speed of urbanization, and a youthful and rapidly growing population will influence the future pace of growth Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 1, 2015—Most African countries that today are considered low income will transition to middle income within 15 years, and all but one will be middle income by 2050, according […]