A Roadmap to End Global Hunger
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Friends of the World Food Program | April 6, 2009 A Roadmap to End Global Hunger Friends of the World Food Program Kevin Anderson, Senior Public Policy Associate www.friendsofwfp.org
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A Roadmap to EndGlobal Hunger
Friends of the World Food ProgramKevin Anderson, Senior Public Policy Associatewww.friendsofwfp.org
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The World Food Program & Friends of the WFP
Friends of WFP
• Friends of WFP unites organizations and individuals committed to solving world hunger. Our education, advocacy and fundraising efforts in the United States support WFP’s life-saving global food assistance and development programs.
• Lead advocacy efforts toexpand school meals programs,food assistance, and other inter-national humanitarian and development programs.
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Global Hunger Crisis
Skyrocketing food and fuel prices last year increased the number of hungry persons from about 848 million (in 2005) to 963 million at the end of 2008.
Though prices came down by the end of 2008, they are still more than double 2005 levels and primary drivers of the crisis are still in place.
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Drivers of the Global Hunger Crisis
Growing demand and changing diets
Rising fuel prices
Extreme weather andpoor harvests
Low global food stocks
Declining value of the dollar photo credit: WFP/ Marcus Prior
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Global Financial Crisis
Global financial crisis is rippling through developing world:
• Declines in employment, remittances, exports, investments and other key sources of revenue for developing countries.
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What has the United States committed to?
1974: UN World Food Conference
• United States and world proclaim end to hunger within ten years
2000: UN Millennium Summit
• United States and world commit to eight Millennium Development Goals
2008: High Level UN Con-ference on Food Security
• United States reaffirms commitment to Millennium Development Goals
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The Roadmap to End Global Hunger: Background
Though the international community has made great strides in addressing global hunger, these successes are threatened by impact of food and financial crises.
Several studies undertaken last year, which examined US government efforts to address hunger reached similar conclusions:
• Lack of comprehensive strategy
• Insufficient coordination
• US Foreign Assistance Chart
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Roadmap: Mechanisms to Coordinate
Appoint a White House Coordinator to ensure inter-agency coordination
Establish a Joint House/Senate Committee Focused on Global Hunger
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Roadmap: The Comprehensive Strategy
Guiding Principles for the Strategy:
• Comprehensive
• Balanced and Flexible
• Sustainable
• Accountable
• Multilateral
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Roadmap: The Comprehensive Strategy
Emergency Response and Management
Safety Nets
Nutrition
Agricultural Development
photo credit: WFP/Tom Haskell
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What can you do?
Support forthcoming legislation• Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-
MO) are drafting bipartisan legislation to enact key elements of the Roadmap to End Global Hunger, which will be introduced in the weeks ahead.
• Visit www.friendsofwfp.org for more information
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