Halving hunger: Meeting the First Millennium Development Goal through "Business as Unusual"

In 2000, the world's leaders set a target of halving the percentage of hungry people between 1990 and 2015. This rather modest target constitutes part of the first Millennium Development Goal, which also calls for halving the proportion of people living in poverty and achieving full employment. Howe...

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Autor principal: Fan, Shenggen
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154476
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description In 2000, the world's leaders set a target of halving the percentage of hungry people between 1990 and 2015. This rather modest target constitutes part of the first Millennium Development Goal, which also calls for halving the proportion of people living in poverty and achieving full employment. However, the effort to meet the hunger target has swerved off track, and the world is getting farther and farther away from realizing this objective. The goal of halving hunger by 2015 can still be achieved, but business as usual will not be enough. What is needed is “business as unusual”—a smarter, more innovative, better focused, and cost-effective approach to reducing hunger.
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spelling CGSpace1544762025-11-06T07:46:48Z Halving hunger: Meeting the First Millennium Development Goal through "Business as Unusual" Fan, Shenggen agricultural development developing countries economic policies hunger millennium development goals policies poverty rural development social protection In 2000, the world's leaders set a target of halving the percentage of hungry people between 1990 and 2015. This rather modest target constitutes part of the first Millennium Development Goal, which also calls for halving the proportion of people living in poverty and achieving full employment. However, the effort to meet the hunger target has swerved off track, and the world is getting farther and farther away from realizing this objective. The goal of halving hunger by 2015 can still be achieved, but business as usual will not be enough. What is needed is “business as unusual”—a smarter, more innovative, better focused, and cost-effective approach to reducing hunger. 2010 2024-10-01T14:01:44Z 2024-10-01T14:01:44Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154476 en es fr zh Open Access application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Fan, Shenggen. 2010. Halving hunger: Meeting the First Millennium Development Goal through "Business as Unusual". Food policy report 22. https://doi.org/10.2499/0896295389.
spellingShingle agricultural development
developing countries
economic policies
hunger
millennium development goals
policies
poverty
rural development
social protection
Fan, Shenggen
Halving hunger: Meeting the First Millennium Development Goal through "Business as Unusual"
title Halving hunger: Meeting the First Millennium Development Goal through "Business as Unusual"
title_full Halving hunger: Meeting the First Millennium Development Goal through "Business as Unusual"
title_fullStr Halving hunger: Meeting the First Millennium Development Goal through "Business as Unusual"
title_full_unstemmed Halving hunger: Meeting the First Millennium Development Goal through "Business as Unusual"
title_short Halving hunger: Meeting the First Millennium Development Goal through "Business as Unusual"
title_sort halving hunger meeting the first millennium development goal through business as unusual
topic agricultural development
developing countries
economic policies
hunger
millennium development goals
policies
poverty
rural development
social protection
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154476
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