International Food Policy Research Institute

A New UN Nutrition Program Financed by Africans for Africans

• November 10, 2015

The first United Nations development aid program financed solely by African countries for their own benefit was announced recently at the UN headquarters in New York. Unitlife, which was presented as world leaders convened at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, will tax the sale of oil, gold and other natural resources …

Africa, Development, Education, Health and Population, Women

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Malnutrition, a Problem the World Over

Alexander Brotman

• December 11, 2014

A new report on global nutrition levels has found that malnutrition affects every country in the world except two, and that countries are facing more complex, overlapping forms of malnutrition that require more attention. The two exceptional countries, China and South Korea, made the data cutoff rates for levels of anemia, obesity and stunting …

Africa, Health and Population, Poverty, SDGs

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Fewer People May Be Going Hungry, but Extreme Hunger Persists

Lorraine Boissoneault

• January 21, 2013

With the start of a new year, the eradication of hunger remains one of the world’s biggest challenges. Despite decades of aid work and development, overall world hunger remains at a serious level, and 20 countries have alarming or extremely alarming levels, says the Global Hunger Index for 2012. At the top of the …