Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Fewer people live in poverty but more are hungry, U.N. says


By Alexia Shaffer, Written for UPI

People who live in poverty are not necessarily living in chronic hunger. Statistics for people living in both circumstances are changing, according to a United Nations report released last week.

“Poverty is steadily declining over the last decade, but hunger is increasing over the last decade, except for 2010,” said Jomo Kwame Sundaram, assistant secretary general for economic development at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

“This brings up questions," Sundaram said. "What are we actually measuring?”

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