2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger
Autor: | von Grebmer, Klaus, Saltzman, Amy, Birol, Ekin, Wiesman, Doris, Prasai, Nilam, Yin, Sandra, Yohannes, Yisehac, Menon, Purnima, Thompson, Jennifer, Sonntag, Andrea |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Africa South of Sahara
Caribbean CIS Commonwealth of Independent States South Asia Southeast Asia Latin America Developing countries Middle East North Africa OECD countries India East Africa East Asia Eastern Europe Food availability food crises food crisis food prices food security Global Hunger Index GHI Gross income indicators Children Land Land degradation Nutrition Malnutrition Undernutrition Hunger Micronutrients Mortality Natural resources Climate change Data Policies Poverty property rights smallholders Stress Sustainable development sustainable livelihoods transition economies Underweight Water resilience natural disasters disaster relief environmental disasters emergencies environmental shocks environmental risks nutritive value vitamin deficiencies mineral deficiencies nutrition security |
Popis: | With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. The state of hunger in developing countries as a group has improved since 1990, falling by 39 percent, according to the 2014 GHI. Despite progress made, the level of hunger in the world is still “serious,†with 805 million people continuing to go hungry, according to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The global average obscures dramatic differences across regions and countries. Regionally, the highest GHI scores—and therefore the highest hunger levels—are in Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia, which have also experienced the greatest absolute improvements since 2005. South Asia saw the steepest absolute decline in GHI scores since 1990. Progress in addressing child underweight was the main factor behind the improved GHI score for the region since 1990. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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