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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2009

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Contents

Key messages
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Foreword
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Undernourishment around the world
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Hunger has been on the rise for the past decade
The global economic crisis: another blow to the food-insecure and vulnerable
Transmission of the economic crisis to the developing countries
Quantifying the food security impacts of the economic crisis
Coping mechanisms of the poor and food-insecure

Case studies of countries affected by the economic crisis
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Armenia
Bangladesh
Ghana
Nicaragua
Zambia

Towards eliminating hunger
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The importance of investing in agriculture and public goods
Safety nets for the short term and long term
The right to food

Technical annex
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Table 1:
Prevalence of undernourishment and progress towards the World Food Summit (WFS)
and the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets in developing countries

Table 2:
Selected food and financial indicators in developing countries, classified by region

Notes
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