2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger

Saltzman, Amy · Birol, Ekin · Wiesman, Doris · Prasai, Nilam · Yohannes, Yisehac · Menon, Purnima · Thompson, Jennifer

oct 2014 · Intl Food Policy Res Inst

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 With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.

The state of hunger in developing countries as a group has improved since 1990, falling by 39 percent, according to the 2014 GHI. Despite progress made, the level of hunger in the world is still “serious,” with 805 million people continuing to go hungry, according to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

The global average obscures dramatic differences across regions and countries. Regionally, the highest GHI scores—and therefore the highest hunger levels—are in Africa south of the Sahara and South Asia, which have also experienced the greatest absolute improvements since 2005. South Asia saw the steepest absolute decline in GHI scores since 1990. Progress in addressing child underweight was the main factor behind the improved GHI score for the region since 1990.

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International Food Policy Research Institute: Klaus von Grebmer (Research Fellow Emeritus), Amy Saltzman (Senior Program Analyst), Ekin Birol (Head, Impact Research/Senior Research Fellow), Doris Wiesmann (Independent Consultant), Nilam Prasai (Data Curator), Sandra Yin (Editor), Yisehac Yohannes (Research Analyst), Purnima Menon (Senior Research Fellow)
Concern Worldwide: Jennifer Thompson (Advocacy Officer for Hunger)
Welthungerhilfe: Andrea Sonntag (Right to Food and Food Security Policy Officer)