Progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition: A cross-country cluster analysis

This report provides a quantitative assessment of progress made towards the sustainable development goal of ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition since 1990. Using a cluster analysis, it categorizes country performance along three dimensions: (1) food security and nutrition outcomes; (2) struc...

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Main Authors: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, International Food Policy Research Institute, Laborde Debucquet, David, Mamun, Abdullah, Vos, Rob
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143127
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author Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
International Food Policy Research Institute
Laborde Debucquet, David
Mamun, Abdullah
Vos, Rob
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International Food Policy Research Institute
Laborde Debucquet, David
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Vos, Rob
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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Mamun, Abdullah
Vos, Rob
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description This report provides a quantitative assessment of progress made towards the sustainable development goal of ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition since 1990. Using a cluster analysis, it categorizes country performance along three dimensions: (1) food security and nutrition outcomes; (2) structural drivers of food security and nutrition; and (3) past and present policy interventions in support of food security and nutrition. Key findings show that much progress has been made towards the goal of ending hunger. Yet, many countries continue to face moderate to high degrees of undernourishment, especially where economies made least progress in transitioning towards high-productivity, modern agriculture and non-farm economic development and where policy stances have been weak in promoting agricultural development, reducing gender inequalities, and improving infrastructure and basic social services. The decline in undernourishment has come with a rise in the prevalence in overweight and obesity. The spread of this form of malnutrition has come with dietary shifts towards the consumption of more animalsourced and processed foods that have accompanied urbanization and income growth. By 2015, the vast majority of countries faced moderate to high prevalence of adult overweight, and this form of malnutrition is also on the rise in countries with still significant rates of child undernourishment. No country in the world is showing declines in the rate of adult overweight.
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spelling CGSpace1431272025-11-06T07:13:35Z Progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition: A cross-country cluster analysis Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations International Food Policy Research Institute Laborde Debucquet, David Mamun, Abdullah Vos, Rob cluster sampling policies hunger malnutrition nutrition productivity food security overweight obesity This report provides a quantitative assessment of progress made towards the sustainable development goal of ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition since 1990. Using a cluster analysis, it categorizes country performance along three dimensions: (1) food security and nutrition outcomes; (2) structural drivers of food security and nutrition; and (3) past and present policy interventions in support of food security and nutrition. Key findings show that much progress has been made towards the goal of ending hunger. Yet, many countries continue to face moderate to high degrees of undernourishment, especially where economies made least progress in transitioning towards high-productivity, modern agriculture and non-farm economic development and where policy stances have been weak in promoting agricultural development, reducing gender inequalities, and improving infrastructure and basic social services. The decline in undernourishment has come with a rise in the prevalence in overweight and obesity. The spread of this form of malnutrition has come with dietary shifts towards the consumption of more animalsourced and processed foods that have accompanied urbanization and income growth. By 2015, the vast majority of countries faced moderate to high prevalence of adult overweight, and this form of malnutrition is also on the rise in countries with still significant rates of child undernourishment. No country in the world is showing declines in the rate of adult overweight. 2020-07-01 2024-05-22T12:12:07Z 2024-05-22T12:12:07Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143127 en Open Access application/pdf Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO); and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2020. Progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition: A cross-country cluster analysis. Rome, Italy: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). https://doi.org/10.4060/ca8593en
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policies
hunger
malnutrition
nutrition
productivity
food security
overweight
obesity
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
International Food Policy Research Institute
Laborde Debucquet, David
Mamun, Abdullah
Vos, Rob
Progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition: A cross-country cluster analysis
title Progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition: A cross-country cluster analysis
title_full Progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition: A cross-country cluster analysis
title_fullStr Progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition: A cross-country cluster analysis
title_full_unstemmed Progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition: A cross-country cluster analysis
title_short Progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition: A cross-country cluster analysis
title_sort progress towards ending hunger and malnutrition a cross country cluster analysis
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policies
hunger
malnutrition
nutrition
productivity
food security
overweight
obesity
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