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Editorials and Letters 2007
Editorials and commentary
Santa Claus is Chinese OR Why China is rising and the United States is declining Lester R. Brown Earth Policy Institute December 20, 2007
Remembering Martin McLaughlin Lane Vanderslice December 2, 2007 Obituary: Martin McLaughlin, 89; advocate for poor and hungry Joe Holley Washington Post November 29, 2007 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)
Sorry, your job's been outsourced! -- a look at globalization and its effects in Wisconsin Roger Bybee November 27, 2007
A terrible shortage of food for the poor grips the country. Where is the political will to do the right thing for the hungry? Anna Quindlen Newsweek November 26, 2007
The 'Esther strategy' for social change in the United States--work with political leadership, but listen to the prophetic voice Kathy McNeely FPIF October 29, 2007
Ending hunger isn't what it used to be--neither is fear Chuck Woolery October 23, 2007
'Civil society' in an uncivil world John Samuel ActionAid October 19, 2007
The Administration is not putting poor children first--as it claims--with its veto of children's health insurance legislation Robert Greenstein Center on Budget and Policy Priorities October 17, 2007
The theology of American empire Ira Chernus Foreign Policy in Focus September 27, 2007
The post-Washington dissensus Walden Bello Focus on the Global South September 26, 2007
CAFTA in Costa Rica would cause deepening inequality Maria Eugenia Trejos Americas Program September 24, 2007
Spain and Equatorial Guinea: development cooperation as fraud Agustin Velloso Pambazuka News September 29, 2007
Africa's sudden splash of good news John Prendergast Washington Post September 23, 2007 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)
The new military frontier: Africa Frida Berrigan Foreign Policy in Focus September 18, 2007
Burma--growing darker daily Kyi May Kaung Foreign Policy in Focus September 11, 2007
The politics of United States aid in Venezuela Tom Barry Americas Program, Center for International Policy August 7, 2007
AFRICOM: wrong for Liberia, disastrous for Africa Ezekiel Pajibo and Emira Woods Foreign Policy in Focus July 26, 2007
Guatemala and Costa Rica: in and out of CAFTA Umberto Mazzei IRC Americas Program July 18, 2007
Enabling the Indonesian military Conn Hallinan Foreign Policy In Focus July 18, 2007
Darfur...Again Eva Dadrian BBC News July 21, 2007
Stopping intellectual genocide in African universities Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III University of Yaoundé, Cameroon July 18, 2007
Microcredit: false hopes and real possibilities Robert Pollin Foreign Policy in Focus June 21, 2007
Climate change the only real change coming out of this years G8 summit--not much done on debt, trade, hedge funds, or outreach to other major countries such as China or India Aldo Caliari Center of Concern June 2007
Announcing the candidacy of Muhammad Yunus to head the World Bank Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy June 1, 2007
Ecuador's prolonged instability Raúl Zibechi April 30, 2007
The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities--a powerhouse for the poor Stephen Pearlstein Washington Post May 4, 2007 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)
Congo's peace: miracle or mirage? Jason K. Stearns International Crisis Group April 23, 2007
Free trade vs. small farmers Walden Bello April 27, 2007
The three Cs of World Bank practice: corruption, clientelism, and cronyism Aldo Caliari April 23, 2007
Nigeria: danger signs on democracy road Ike Okonta April 12, 2007
IMF confidence crisis Soren Ambrose Solidarity Africa Network April 12, 2007
Zimbabwe: Change is coming: the first step in a long journey Mary Ndlovu March 29, 2007
Signing away the future: how trade and investment agreements between rich and poor countries undermine development Oxfam International March 20, 2007
Into Africa Conn Hallinan Foreign Policy In Focus March 15, 2007
Trade can play a role in agricultural development Gawain Kripke Oxfam America February 23, 2007
Sacrificing the right to food on the altar of free trade Jagjit Plahe February 15, 2007
Somalia at the crossroads Harun Hassan January 13, 2007
Dear Hunger Notes,
I am a high school student and am currently involved in a
project to raise awareness about the crisis in Africa in regards to hunger and HIV/AIDS. I would greatly appreciate if you would be able to assist me with data. I need data for hunger and HIV/AIDS, data tables, statistics, graphs, etc. I would be willing to state the name of the website on my presentation which will clearly increase awareness of the website and talk about what you do.
Thank you,
U. M.
Dear U.M.,
To the best of my knowledge there is no statistical source that estimates hunger due to HIV/AIDS.
The standard source for estimates of food insecurity is the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's State of the World's
Food Insecurity report with the latest being from 2006. It is available beginning on http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0750e/a0750e00.htm.
However when I tried to access the actual PDF report I was unable to do so, due to some sort of technical difficulty. Perhaps you will have
better luck. The source for HIV/AIDS statistics is UNAIDS and its 2006
report can be accessed beginning at
http://www.unaids.org/en/HIV_data/2006GlobalReport/default.asp.
See Annex 2. Another good source for Africa is Avert
http://www.avert.org/subaadults.htm
.
Also see the article 'SOUTHERN AFRICA: HIV-induced famine's impact on agriculture' on Hunger Notes PHN page. Not
statistical, but useful I think. The book cited there 'Silent Hunger..' is also
very helpful and can be accessed at
http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d00351/
. I hope your report on this important question turns out well.
Editor, Hunger Notes
Dear Hunger Notes,
There was a rice vocabulary game website for kids that was
featured on the national news last night where every time a
student answered the vocabulary correctly, rice was donated
to World Hunger Org (I believe). Do you happen to know the
website info? Thanks, DB
Dear DB.