Something more important and more interesting than Pat Robertson or Hugo Chavez
Another guest blog from La Empanada
Something more important and more interesting than Pat Robertson or Hugo Chavez [or, adds Bob, Cindy Sheehan]
Although the number of chronically undernourished people in developing countries fell from 816 million to 777 million during the 1990s, this net decline hides two important facts: first, most of the progress (66 percent of the gain) was made by a single country -- China; second, over the same period, a dozen or more countries registered increase in undernouishment totally more than 77 million, including India, which enjoys positive economic growth and a significant "surplus" production of food grains.
Something more important and more interesting than Pat Robertson or Hugo Chavez [or, adds Bob, Cindy Sheehan]
Although the number of chronically undernourished people in developing countries fell from 816 million to 777 million during the 1990s, this net decline hides two important facts: first, most of the progress (66 percent of the gain) was made by a single country -- China; second, over the same period, a dozen or more countries registered increase in undernouishment totally more than 77 million, including India, which enjoys positive economic growth and a significant "surplus" production of food grains.
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