by Nikita C. Birkbeck | Mar 15, 2017 | Activism, Aid Effectiveness, Community-led Development, Education, Food Security, Gender, Governance, Health, Human Rights, Hunger, Leadership, Livelihoods, Nutrition, Right to Food, Uncategorized, youth
Indonesia’s Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Mandiri (PNPM), or National Program for Community Empowerment, is a government-led, multi-donor trust-funded pilot program, which is managed by the World Bank Group (WBG) and delivered through the PNPM Support Facility (PSF)....
by Mary Kate Costello | Feb 21, 2017 | Community-led Development, Food Security, Gender, Hunger, Leadership, SDGs, Uncategorized
In keeping with The Hunger Project’s priority to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals through community-led development, advocacy for youth leadership and engagement has been at a forefront. The Hunger Project took a leading role in both the United Nation’s 6th...
by Andrea Ayers | Oct 18, 2016 | Food Security, Hunger, Livelihoods, Reports, Uncategorized
Climate Change and Food Security The State of Food and Agriculture 2016 has made it clear that the agricultural industry is currently at a point in time where the actions taken by farmers, development organizations, and governments today will directly affect the...
by Nicole Graham | Feb 1, 2016 | Food Security, Hunger, Leadership, Livelihoods, SDGs
According to the 2015 Global Hunger Index (GHI), a joint publication by IFPRI, Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerhilfe, significant progress has been made in decreasing levels of global hunger. The 2015 GHI for the developing world fell 27 percent from the 2000...
by Mary Kate Costello | Nov 9, 2015 | Food Security, Nutrition, SDGs
The official video for the 2015 Global Nutrition Report (GNR), featuring popular electronic music group ODESZA’s song Kusanagi, launched on Monday, November 9th. The video summarizes key messages about global malnutrition and its effects on strong...
by Mary Kate Costello | Aug 5, 2015 | Aid Effectiveness, Community-led Development, Food Security, Gender, Governance, Human Rights
The United Nations’ much anticipated Third Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) has come and gone. Over four days, more than 6,000 high-level development actors gathered to discuss the needs and means to finance the implementation of the Post 2015...
