Tuesday, August 11, 2026
News and Views from the Global South
World’s Most Unequal Region Sets Example in Fight Against Hunger
Latin America and the Caribbean, the world’s most unequal region, has made the greatest progress towards improving food security and has become the region with the largest number of countries to have reached the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of undernourished people.« Previous Page
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