The new Global Hunger Index is out. This is the annual report from Concern, Welt Hunger Hilfe and IFPRI that measures hunger and ranks countries on progress.
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The Political Economy of Small-Scale Mining in Zimbabwe
There was much discussion about small-scale and artisanal mining at the STEPS Centre’s Resource Politics conference last month.
50 Numbers to Help End Malnutrition by 2030
The 2015 Global Nutrition Report contains a lot of numbers. We have been asking panellists at various launch events which they find most interesting and why.
Using Frozen Aromatic Rice to Reduce Cambodian Poverty
Cambodia does indeed have the opportunity to increase the price of rice independently. Its Phka Rumduol has won “The World’s Best Rice” award ever since it first competed in 2012 — and unprecedented three years in a row.
Africa Needs to Do Innovation or KAIZEN?
How Different are Innovation and KAIZEN? Innovation is Like a Lottery. KAIZEN is Invention Without Innovation.
Democracy in Africa: Why It’s Complicated
Nic Cheeseman has just produced a book called ‘Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures and the Struggle for Political Reform” with Cambridge University Press.
If we are going to achieve the SDGs then shouldn’t the rich consume less?
In some ways, the SDGs are refreshingly ambitious. Finally the global institutions are getting serious about eradicating poverty.
The Global Nutrition Report Roadshow Begins!
Another year, another round of launches for theGlobal Nutrition Report. Why do we do it?
SDGs: Will they make a difference?
This week heads of state assemble in New York to launch the Sustainable Development Goals. The agreed text lays out 17 goals and 169 targets. It is an ambitious agenda for all of humanity.
Share the Burden! Why Unpaid Domestic and Care Work Should be Top of the Agenda
On Sunday 6th September in Ankara, Turkey, Chatham House convened an International Policy Forum on ‘Empowering Women for Economic Growth: The smart choice for the G20’.