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By Jomo Kwame Sundaram - Aug 12,2015
Today, about 2.1 billion people, or almost 30 per cent of the world’s population, are regarded as overweight (defined as a body mass index, or BMI, of 25 or higher) — double the number in 1980, and more than 2.5 times the number of people who are chronically hungry.
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram - Apr 26,2015
Despite ongoing efforts to catalyse global development cooperation, there have been significant obstacles to progress in recent years.
Fortunately, with major international meetings set for the second half of 2015, world leaders have an important opportunity to overcome them.
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By Jomo Kwame Sundaram - Jan 06,2014
At least 842 million people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger — a nearly 1.5 per cent decrease from the 854 million estimated for 2010-2012.
Clearly, while some progress has been made, the world still has a long way to go to eradicate under-nutrition.
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