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Nobel Peace Prize acknowledges link between preventing hunger and promoting peace
Professor Patricia Justino is a leading expert on the links between political violence and economic development. Her work has greatly expanded knowledge about the intersection between poverty, food insecurity, and conflict...
Conflict Peace HungerBlog
UNU-WIDER @ 302015 marks the 30th anniversary of UNU-WIDER. The Institute opened its doors in 1985. It has been quite a ride ever since. We have had thousands of economists and other social scientists through those Helsinki doors since 1985...
Climate change History of economics Equality and inequalityPresentation
Distributional Impacts of the 2008 Global Food Price Spike in VietnamPresented at: A Festschrift in Honor of Per Pinstrup-Andersen : New Direction in the Fight Against hunger and Malnutrition. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Presentation See full programme New directions in the fight against hunger and...
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Development Agenda after 2015: Finishing the Job we have Started
9 May 2013 Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Development Imagine a world where global poverty is at a record low; growth in Africa—at a record high; EU development aid—unprecedentedly generous...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Education EnvironmentBlog
Aid and the Social Sectors: Reflections from the Stockholm Results Meeting17 April 2013 Tony Addison and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa We learnt much from the ReCom Results meeting on 13th March in Stockholm on aid and the social sectors...
Children Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic growthBlog
Reflecting Change: The Second Edition of ‘From Poverty to Power’
Duncan Green Updating a book on contemporary events can be unnerving. In the intervening years, events and new thinking combine to expose the weaknesses of any text...
Democracy Ecology Economic developmentPolicy Brief
Can We Eradicate Hunger?World hunger is prevalent yet receives relatively less attention compared to poverty. The MDGs have taken a step to address this with the resolution of halving the number of starving people in the world by 2015...
Food security Human rights HungerProject
Gender and food securityTheme: 2006-07
UNU-WIDER’s recent project ‘Hunger and Food Security’ exerted a strong attraction for academia, international organizations (FAO, WFP, and UNCTAD), civil society organizations, and the media. The first project meeting, held in...
Poverty Inequality and Well-being HungerBook Chapter
Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Concepts and IssuesFrom the book: War, Hunger, and Displacement
Humanitarian assistance Hunger Natural disastersWorking Paper
The Age of Humanitarian EmergenciesThe Age of Humanitarian Emergencies makes an effort to define and operationalize a humanitarian emergency...
Humanitarian assistance Hunger Natural disastersBook
The Political Economy of Hunger: Selected EssaysHailed in its initial publication as a work with urgent implications for countless lives, Dréze and Sen's The Political Economy of Hunger is the classic analysis of an extraordinary paradox: in a world of food surpluses and satiety, hunger kills ...
Famine Food security HungerBook Chapter
The Food Problems of BangladeshFrom the book: The Political Economy of Hunger
Agriculture and state Famine Food securityBook Chapter
Introduction to The Political Economy of HungerFrom the book: The Political Economy of Hunger
Famine Food security HungerBook Chapter
The Intrafamily Distribution of Hunger in South AsiaFrom the book: The Political Economy of Hunger
Hunger WomenBook Chapter
Famine Prevention in Africa: Some Experiences and LessonsFrom the book: The Political Economy of Hunger
Agriculture Hunger Public goodsBook Chapter
An Independent Press and Anti-hunger StrategiesFrom the book: The Political Economy of Hunger
Hunger Poverty Public goods