‘Pro-Poor’ Investments, Cash Transfers Could End World Hunger By 2030, U.N. Report Says

Thomson Reuters Foundation: World’s poorest need $160 a year to end hunger: U.N.
“Just $160 per year for each person living in extreme poverty would eradicate world hunger by 2030, the United Nations said on Friday, recommending the money should be delivered through both cash transfers and ‘pro-poor’ investments. … The new report, prepared by FAO, the World Food Programme (WFP), and the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), comes ahead of a major international conference on financing for development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia…” (D’Urso, 7/10).

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