We must invest in the most vulnerable and ensure that they have the tools they need not only to overcome hunger, but to enhance their resources and capabilities, says WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin. Photo: WFP/Waswa Moses
An additional $160 per year for each person living in extreme poverty will end chronic hunger new UN estimates show
ROME – Eradicating world hunger sustainably by 2030 will require an estimated additional $267 billion per year on average for investments in rural and urban areas and in social protection, so poor people have access to food and can improve their livelihoods, a new UN report says. This would average $160 annually for each person living in extreme poverty over the 15 year period.……