Format:
1 online resource (126 pages)
ISBN:
9781614700616
Content:
Intro -- HUNGER EFFORTS ANDFOOD SECURITY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE* -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- BACKGROUND -- WORLD LEADERS HAVE ESTABLISHED GOALSTO HALVE WORLD HUNGER BY 2015 -- SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA HAS MADE LITTLE OR NO PROGRESSIN ACHIEVING WFS AND MDG GOALS -- MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS IMPLEMENTPROGRAMS TO ADVANCE AGRICULTURE AND FOODSECURITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- FOOD INSECURITY PERSISTS INSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA DUE TOSEVERAL FACTORS, INCLUDINGLOW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY -- LOW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY -- LIMITED RURAL DEVELOPMENT -- GOVERNMENT POLICY DISINCENTIVES -- POOR HEALTH -- RISING GLOBAL COMMODITY PRICES -- CLIMATE CHANGE -- EFFORTS OF HOST GOVERNMENTS ANDDONORS, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES,TOWARD HALVING HUNGER IN SUB-SAHARANAFRICA BY 2015 HAVE BEEN INSUFFICIENT -- LIMITED PRIORITIZATION, LOW AGRICULTURAL SPENDING,AND WEAK CAPACITY OF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONSHAMPER HOST GOVERNMENT EFFORTS -- Achieving Food Security has not been Prioritized by some HostGovernments -- Low Agriculture Spending Levels Remain a Significant Challenge -- WEAK CAPACITY OF HOST GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONSHINDERS LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OFINTERVENTIONS AND REPORTING ON PROGRESS -- Some Food Security Interventions Are Unsustainable due to a Lackof Host Government Capacity -- Weak Reporting on Progress toward Hunger Goals -- Weak Reporting on Progress toward Hunger Goals -- DECLINING RESOURCES, DIFFICULTIES IN COORDINATION,AND DEFICIENCIES IN UNDERNOURISHMENT ESTIMATESLIMIT DONOR EFFORTS -- Multilateral and Bilateral Aid to African Agriculture has Declined -- Donors and other Development Partners have ExperiencedDifficulties in Coordination -- FAO Estimates of Undernourishment Have Deficiencies.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781606921784
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781606921784
Language:
English
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