Lessons Learnt and New Opportunities

Message from Dr. John J. Otim, Senior Advisor to President Museveni of Uganda
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A global conference on “ Taking Action for the World’s Poor and Hungry People” organized jointly by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Government of China has just ended in Beijing with a call on new types of [...]

Looking at the World’s Most Deprived

At the turn of the millennium seven years ago, the international community made a commitment to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty and hunger between 1990 and 2015. Now, at the halfway point between the millennium declaration and the deadline, it is clear the world has achieved considerable progress. However, though poverty [...]

IFPRI Issues Call for A Way Forward

Concerned that millions of the world’s poorest and hungry people remain in poverty and hunger, we at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) facilitated a consultation process, which includes the conference “Taking Action for the World’s Poor and Hungry People” on October 17–19 in Beijing, to examine what new and different action is required [...]

Looking beyond the Millennium Development Goals

Even if the poverty and hunger Millennium Development Goal is achieved, millions of the world’s poorest and hungry people will be left behind. New and different action is required to improve the welfare of these people.
When the Millennium Development Goals were adopted in 2000, 1.3 billion people were living in poverty and 800 [...]