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Poverty and Hunger
- WFP food ration cuts hit IDPs in Pakistan
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Feb 15, 2013
In January this year, the World Food Programme (WFP) cut the ration size of its food basket for about one million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 700,000 people affected by floods because of a funding shortfall.
[South Asia] [Poverty and Hunger] [Pakistan] [IDPs] - Poor turning poorer as food prices zoom
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Nov 27, 2012
South Asia’s households fall into poverty as the result of higher food prices as food prices increase.
[Food security] [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Food prices] [Poverty and Hunger] - Bangladesh must win against poverty: Sheikh Hasina
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Sep 16, 2013
"I believe that the nation which achieved independence through Liberation War must be a developed country by winning the war against poverty," said Bangladeshi Premier Sheikh Hasina.
[Poverty reduction] [Poverty and Hunger] [Bangaldesh] [South Asia] [Sheikh Hasina] - Agroforestry crucial to ensure food security: FAO
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Feb 06, 2013
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called on countries to boost efforts to promote agroforestry, a practice involving the combination of trees with crop or livestock production, stressing it can help millions of people escape poverty and prevent environmental degradation, making it crucial to ensure food security in the future.
[FAO] [Poverty and Hunger] [United Nations] [Agroforestry] - 88 richest people own more than 3.5 billion poor: experts
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Feb 11, 2014
Despite enough food production globally, millions of people still do not have access to the bare minimum requirements, said, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Deputy Director General, IIASA.
[DSDS 2014] [Poverty and Hunger] [South Asia] [Poverty eradication] [Delhi Sustainable Development Summit] - India, China played central role in poverty reduction: report
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Jul 07, 2015
Despite significant gains accomplished by the MDGs, progress has been uneven across the globe, the final MDG report reveals.
[China] [India] [Millennium Development Goals] [South Asia] [Poverty and Hunger] - What’s happening with aid to Bangladesh?
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Nov 29, 2012
While Bangladesh has made significant efforts to boost aid effectiveness, questions remain over who is benefiting from the US$1.5 billion in foreign aid the country receives annually.
[Aid] [South Asia] [Corruption] [Bangladesh] [Poverty and Hunger] - High economic growth key to poverty reduction: Pranab
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Oct 01, 2013
"Studies indicate that two-thirds of poverty reduction is facilitated by growth,” said Pranab Mukherjee, the Indian President.
[Poverty and Hunger] [Indian President] [Economy] [Pranab Mukherjee] [Economic growth] [India's economic growth]
