Hunger Watch Report 2007-08: The Justice of Eating - the Struggle For Food and Dignity in Recent Humanitarian Crises (Action Against Hunger)

--Annual report from a leading anti-hunger NGO-- This is the first annual report from leading NGO, Action Against Hunger. It presents an accessible, jargon-free account of the causes and consequences of acute malnutrition around the world. It is the most up to date account which will be valuable to journalists, policy makers and anyone working in international development. The report assesses the problem of acute malnutrition worldwide. Beginning with the immediate causes of hunger (inadequate diet and disease) it progresses to study the larger structural and social factors that perpetuate it. Case studies include the impact of HIV/AIDS, conflict, weak markets, mortality and malnutrition. The report recommends that a shift in traditional emergency objectives needs to be considered as part of a holistic approach to persistent hunger. This is the first annual report from leading NGO. Analyses all the important issues that contribute to acute hunger: HIV/AIDS, conflict, weak markets, governance and policy. Includes case studies on the key themes which will be very useful for policy makers and students of development studies / economics. Releashed on World Food Day, 16th October 2007, which will attract a great deal of publicity. The first annual report from leading NGO Action Against Hunger, this survey of the causes and consequences of acute malnutrition presents a comprehensive global overview of the problems of hunger and starvation