Halving hunger: Meeting the first millenium development goal through business as unusual

Achieving the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the amount of people suffering from hunger and poverty in the world by 2015 seems to be increasingly compromised. Yet, this report argues that this goal can still be met if a new approach is adopted. This new approach differs from what is currently done and is based on 5 cornerstones:

• Invest in 2 major sectors: agriculture and social protection
• Involve new actors
• Adopt a bottom-up approach that is country-lead
• Design policies based on experiences and experiments
• Control carefully decision makers' financial commitments.

 IFPRI - June 2010