World Hunger, The Crisis Inside the Economic Crisis

The global economic crisis and its reduction of wealth overshadow the plight of those hit hardest: “This is a disaster for the bottom billion, the one out of six humans living on less than $2 a day,” writes Sonni Efron for the Los Angeles Times. Wealthy governments have donated to UN food programs, but long-term causes of food shortages – hoarding, speculation, war, export controls, population growth, land-use policies and climate change – have yet to be addressed. Food aid is most expensive amidst panics or famines, and Efron urges nations end the ongoing misery by devoting stimulus funding to assist the world's poorest people and develop policies that promote long-term food security. – YaleGlobal