WUNRN

http://www.wunrn.com

 

10 FACTS ABOUT WOMEN & HUNGER - World Food Programme

http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/communications/wfp255774.pdf

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THE HUNGER & NUTRITION DONOR COMMITMENT INDEX 2012 - HANCI

 

MEASURING THE POLITICAL COMMITMENT TO REDUCE HUNGER & UNDERNUTRITION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

 

Research Summary: http://www.hancindex.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HANCI-Donor-Index-research-summary.doc

 

Full Report - 2012 - 125 Pages:

http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/HANCI_2012_reportv2.pdf?utm_source=hanci

 

 

The HANCI Donor Index has been created to:

1)      Rank donor governments on their political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition in developing countries; 

2)      Measure what donors  achieve and where they fail in addressing hunger and undernutrition – providing greater transparency and public accountability;

3)      Praise donor  governments where due, and highlight areas for improvement;

4)      Support civil society to reinforce and stimulate additional commitment towards reducing hunger and undernutrition;

5)      Assess whether improving donor commitment levels lead to a reduction in hunger and undernutrition.

 

We compared 23 donor countries for their performance on 14 indicators of political commitment to reduce hunger and undernutrition. We looked at two areas of donor government action:

 

·         Policies and Programmes

·         Public Expenditures

 

Because hunger and nutrition are not the same thing, we investigate both hunger reduction commitment and undernutrition reduction commitment using distinct measures.

 

For instance, donor governments can financially support child care and feeding programmes and invest in sanitation: such measures are critical for improving nutrition, though less clearly related to hunger. Conversely, emergency food aid, or agricultural development programmes can help to reduce hunger by increasing food availability, but are often not aimed at achieving a balanced diet. By separately analysing nutrition commitment and hunger reduction commitment we identify how donors prioritise action on hunger and/or undernutrition.

 

Green= leading on commitment (top 1/3rd)

 

Orange= moderate commitment (middle 1/3rd)

Red = relatively low commitment (bottom 1/3rd)

Total scores and groupings from the HANCI Donor Index

 

HANCI Score

HRCI Score

NCI Score

HANCI Ranks

HRCI Ranks

NCI Ranks

United Kingdom

78

34

44

1

4

1

Canada

74

36

38

2

2

3

Denmark

73

32

41

3

6

2

Germany

65

29

36

4

9

5

Ireland

61

31

30

5

7

8

Sweden

59

21

38

6

14

3

Belgium

58

27

31

7

11

6

Spain

57

35

22

8

3

13

Luxembourg

53

26

27

9

12

9

Finland

52

37

15

10

1

20

Norway

51

28

23

11

10

11

Australia

50

34

16

12

4

18

France

50

25

25

12

13

10

Switzerland

48

30

18

14

8

15

Japan

47

16

31

15

18

6

Netherlands

43

20

23

16

16

11

New Zealand

37

21

16

17

14

18

Italy

29

10

19

18

21

14

United States of America

29

12

17

18

20

17

Austria

23

17

6

20

17

22

Greece

23

5

18

20

23

15

Portugal

23

10

13

20

21

21

South Korea

22

16

6

23

18

22

 

 

Green= leading on commitment (top 1/3rd)

Orange= moderate commitment (middle 1/3rd)

Red = relatively low commitment (bottom 1/3rd)





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