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Hunger Watch Report 2007-08: The Justice of Eating - the Struggle For Food and Dignity in Recent Humanitarian Crises

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--Annual report from a leading anti-hunger NGO--

This is the first annual report from leading NGO, Action Against Hunger. It presents an accessible, jargon-free account of the causes and consequences of acute malnutrition around the world. It is the most up to date account which will be valuable to journalists, policy makers and anyone working in international development.

The report assesses the problem of acute malnutrition worldwide. Beginning with the immediate causes of hunger it progresses to study the larger structural and social factors that perpetuate it. Case studies include the impact of HIV/AIDS, conflict, weak markets, mortality and malnutrition. The report recommends that a shift in traditional emergency objectives needs to be considered as part of a holistic approach to persistent hunger.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pluto Press

Release: November 20, 2007

ISBN: 074532746X

ISBN 13: 9780745327464

Hunger Watch Report 2007-08: The Justice of Eating - the Struggle For Food and Dignity in Recent Humanitarian Crises

0/5 ( ratings)

--Annual report from a leading anti-hunger NGO--

This is the first annual report from leading NGO, Action Against Hunger. It presents an accessible, jargon-free account of the causes and consequences of acute malnutrition around the world. It is the most up to date account which will be valuable to journalists, policy makers and anyone working in international development.

The report assesses the problem of acute malnutrition worldwide. Beginning with the immediate causes of hunger it progresses to study the larger structural and social factors that perpetuate it. Case studies include the impact of HIV/AIDS, conflict, weak markets, mortality and malnutrition. The report recommends that a shift in traditional emergency objectives needs to be considered as part of a holistic approach to persistent hunger.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pluto Press

Release: November 20, 2007

ISBN: 074532746X

ISBN 13: 9780745327464

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