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Annual Global Hunger Index shows uneven progress
Oct 12, 2017, 15:33 PM
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The 2017 Global Hunger Index highlighted uneven progress in reducing hunger. Although global hunger has fallen more than a quarter since 2000, hunger levels increased in several countries this year.
In Africa, the Central African Republic is in the “extremely alarming” category and it has the same score it did in 2000. Sri Lanka and Venezuela have higher hunger levels than in the past.
The report says the level of hunger in developing countries has decreased by 27 percent since 2000.
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