Nine years ago, the UN established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which included ending poverty and hunger. Yet last year, nearly 750 million people faced hunger — an increase of around 152 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off a global effort on Wednesday to end hunger and extreme poverty, aiming to make it a hallmark of Brazil's ...

Poverty and hunger are intertwined and are impacted by many challenges that have far-reaching consequences if left unaddressed. For example, depriving a child of proper nutrition reduces learning ...

At a meeting organized jointly by the World Bank Group's International Development Association (IDA) and the Government of Brazil, stakeholders discussed global efforts to reduce hunger and poverty, ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Jason Chapin, son of singer Harry Chapin and a former board member of The Harry Chapin Foundation. Harry Chapin’s iconic “Cat’s in the Cradle” turns 50 this year ...

According to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, a staggering 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in ...

According to Oleg Kobyakov, "without solving the problem of hunger, we will be unable to combat extreme poverty, ensure the health of the world's population and its access to quality education" MOSCOW ...

In November, the G20 plans to launch the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty. Partly modeled on Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s “zero-hunger” campaign, this initiative has the ...

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The COVID-19 crisis has led to the first rise in extreme poverty and food insecurity in 20 years. Is it realistic to end these two scourges once and for all? Ahead of the Commission for Social ...