Opinions
Poor visibility:The mainstream media needs to step up its reporting on poverty as a campaign issue
If you listen to the experts, the presidential election comes down to one thing: the economy. The job market is awful, and both of the major party candidates talk a lot about what they propose to do to strengthen the middle class....
World hunger: the problem left behind
THE drought-induced run-up in corn prices is a reminder that we’re nowhere near solving the problem of feeding the world....
We won the War on Poverty, then lost the peace. If America could eliminate most serious poverty in the United States in the 1960s, surely we could do ...
When President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty in January 1964, the poverty rate was over 19 percent. By 1972 it had fallen to less than 12 percent, and it stayed there for most of the 1970s....
Pat Kutzner And Helping People in the United States Understand People Who Are Poor and Hungry
This issue is in honor of Pat Kutzner, the founder of the World Hunger Education Service (WHES) 24 years ago and the editor for 20 years of Hunger Notes. This issue is about development education, which was her life’s work, specifically, education about the poorest people in the world, who are ...
WHES Thanks Annemarie and Wayne Mewhorter for Gift
Annemarie and Wayne Mewhorter bequeathed approximately $75,000 to World Hunger Education Service. Mrs. Mewhorter passed away in 2000, relinquishing the estate of her late husband. WHES gratefully acknowledges their bequest. As directed in her will, we have established an endowment for WHES in the...
World Hunger Education Service Welcomes New Board Member David Langhaug and Thanks Departing Board Members Janna Marchione and Jennifer Munro for Thei...
(August 3, 2002) The World Hunger Education Service (WHES) is very pleased to welcome David Langhaug to its Board. He has had extensive experience in developing countries, in governance of organizations concerned with poor people, and in financial management. His career in the State Department span...
A Global Context for Hospitality
September 11, 2001 will be remembered in history as a day that changed the world. We are now living in a time of great danger, and equally great opportunity. The ways in which our world will be changed for better or for worse will be shaped by our actions. Above all, September 11 has underscored the...
A Crisis of Legitimacy and Effectiveness Requires Making International Institutions More Democratic
Although globalization has vastly expanded the demands on global institutions, it has also heightened a crisis of legitimacy and effectiveness. Large parts of the public no longer believe that their interests are represented in institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, UN Sec...
Treasury Secretary O’Neill is Half Right: Make Grants Not Loans to the Poorest Countries (But First Increase Development Assistance)
Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill has suggested that the World Bank should begin making grants instead of loans to the poorest developing countries. He is upset that the Bank, as well other developed countries, who have seats on the Bank governing board, don’t want to go along with this proposal....
If we want food to remain cheap we need to stop putting it in our cars
Coverage of the US drought and the run-up in corn, soybean, and wheat prices has been extensive and welcome. It has also been prone to the repetition of falsehoods and the perpetuation of myths about the causes of the food crisis – and the solutions....
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