GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS WITHIN REACH 2013 HUNGER REPORT Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and strategies to end it. The Institute educates its network, opinion leaders, policy makers, and the public about hunger in the United States and abroad. © 2012 by Bread for the World Institute 425 3rd St. SW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20024 Telephone: 202.639.9400 Fax: 202.639.9401 Email: [email protected] www.bread.org/institute All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher except for brief passages quoted in review. Printer: HBP, Hagerstown, MD. Printed on recycled paper. Cover photo: Laura Elizabeth Pohl Manufactured in the United States of America First Edition Published in November 2012 978-0-9843249-3-4 ii Bread for the World Institute Bread for the World Institute David Beckmann Arthur Simon Alice Walker Duff Asma Lateef Todd Post Michele Learner Scott Bleggi Faustine Wabwire Andrew Wainer Derek Schwabe Kate Hagen PresidentCheryle Adams PresidentJudith Toni Emeritus ManagingDoug Puller Director Director I Senior Editor Associate Editor Senior International Policy Analyst Foreign Assistance Policy Analyst Senior Immigration Policy Analyst Laura Elizabeth Pohl Project Fellows Program Associate Grants Manager www.bread.org/institute 2013 Hunger Report iii Design Table of Contents Executive FOREWORD BY DAVID BECKMANN .................................................................................... viii Summary 2 RELIGIOUS LEADERS’ STATEMENT .......................................................................................1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................2 Introduction INTRODUCTION: WHY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS MATTER ...........................................9 I Box i.1 Goals Drive Development in Vietnam .......................................................12 9 Driving Progress against Hunger and Poverty ................................................................12 I Box i.2 Improving Nutrition Outcomes in Bangladesh ..........................................14 Sustaining Progress in a Changing Environment ............................................................17 Reaching Agreement on a New Set of Goals ...................................................................20 The Role of Civil Society ...............................................................................................23 I Box i.3 Bread for the World and the MDGs ..........................................................25 A Set of Goals for the United States ...............................................................................26 CHRISTIAN ADVOCACY AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS .....................30 by Joel Edwards, International Director, Micah Challenge CHAPTER 1: MEETING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS ......................................33 Do We Dare to Be Optimistic? ........................................................................................35 Putting Progress in Perspective .....................................................................................38 I Box 1.1 Women of Faith Advocate for Maternal and Child Nutrition .....................39 Meet the New Bottom Billion .........................................................................................41 Bottoming Out in the Bottom Billion ..............................................................................45 Measuring for Success ..................................................................................................48 A Multidimensional View of Poverty ...............................................................................51 THE GREENER REVOLUTION .........................................................................................53 by José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO CHAPTER 2: PARTNERING TO END HUNGER AND POVERTY ...............................................57 Geography of Change: Monterrey, Rome, Paris, and Accra .............................................61 I Box 2.1 Capacity Building in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries ....................63 Chapter 1 33 South-South Cooperation: Enter the New Partners ........................................................64 Rendezvous in Busan .....................................................................................................66 Chapter 2 Partnership in a Rapidly Changing World .......................................................................67 I Box 2.2 Public-Private Partnerships: Is this the New Normal? .............................68 57 I Box 2.3 Cooperation Within the G-20 ..................................................................70 I Box 2.4 A Partnership to Scale Up Nutrition .........................................................74 Hope and Promise in Africa ...........................................................................................75 Partnerships to 2015 and Beyond ..................................................................................78 U.S. LEADERSHIP AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS .............................................80 by Bread for the World Institute Table of Contents CHAPTER 3: THE FUTURE OF U.S. DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION .....................................85 Helping Young People in Africa to Find Productive Work ................................................89 Chapter 3 I Box 3.1 Training Women Farmers in Ghana .........................................................93 85 Building Resilience to Climate Change South of the U.S. Border .....................................94 Chapter 4 I Box 3.2 Can sustainability and poverty reduction work in one framework? ..........97 I Box 3.3 The Northern Triangle—And Just South of the Border ............................99 113 Promoting Good Governance and Leadership Development .........................................100 Pro-Poor Partnerships with Middle-Income Countries .................................................105 TRANSITIONING TO LOCAL OWNERSHIP ....................................................................110 by Rebecca Bennett, for Catholic Relief Services CHAPTER 4: A GOAL TO END HUNGER IN THE UNITED STATES .........................................113 When Goals Drove a Nation: Part 1 ..............................................................................116 Life on the Edge ...........................................................................................................117 I Box 4.1 A Nutrition Safety Net ...........................................................................120 When Goals Drove a Nation: Part 2 ..............................................................................122 I Box 4.2 Public Investments to Create Millions of Jobs and Reduce Poverty: Retrofitting Old Infrastructure ...............................................................126 I Box 4.3 Valuing Care Work ................................................................................127 Learning Curve ............................................................................................................128 Measuring Up Against Our Peers .................................................................................130 Hunger-Free Communities: United Behind a Common Vision .......................................134 I Box 4.4 In Illinois, a Goal to Reduce Poverty is the Law .....................................139 A Goal to End Hunger is Within Reach .........................................................................140 I Box 4.5 Setting Goals Made a Difference in Fighting HIV/AIDS ..........................141 SETTING THE TABLE ....................................................................................................142 by Lori Silverbush & Kristi Jacobson, Documentary filmmakers & co-directors of A Place at the Table Conclusion CONCLUSION: SHARING POSTS AND PROGRESS: YOUTH PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF 145 PARTNERSHIP ..................................................................................................................145 Study Guide by Derek Schwabe, Bread for the World Institute I Box c.1 Agricultural Exchange: Future Farmers of America partner with GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS 150WITHIN REACH 2013 HUNGER REPORT Young Ghanaians ................................................................................................148 I Box c.2 A Right of Birth: Artistic Voices Empower Youth in Latin America..........149 CHRISTIAN STUDY GUIDE .................................................................................................150 ENDNOTES ........................................................................................................................164 Table of Contents ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................................................176 GLOSSARY ..................................................................................................................................................................177 DATA TABLES TABLE 1 DEMOGRAPHICS AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS ................................................................................182 TABLE 2 MDG 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY .........................................................................................190 TABLE 3 MDG 1: ERADICATE EXTREME HUNGER ...........................................................................................193