Rising Food Prices - Nearly One Billion Go to Bed Hungry

Put Food First - Every day nearly 1 billion people go to bed hungry. Rising and volatile food prices are causing pain and suffering for poor people around the world, driving 44 million people into extreme poverty in recent months. We need to find solutions to ensure everyone has enough nutritious food now and in the years to come. This video made by WorldBank.

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On the Rise: Poverty in America

In 2009, 43.6 million Americans, or 14.3% of the population, lived at or below the poverty level. That’s up from 13.2% in 2008, according to the Census Bureau. More importantly, it is the highest poverty level recorded in the last 51 years.

How did we get here? In mint.com's latest infographic, they look back at poverty levels in the United States over the past 40 years, and more.

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Auditing the World Bank

Developing countries around the world depend on assistance from the World Bank to help support their often fragile economies. We have highlighted the regional recipients and respective outlays, as well as the nine largest donor countries contributing to the Fund's efforts to fight poverty around the globe.

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The Millennium Development Goals: Progress so far

Millennium development goal one is to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty. This grid overlays the percentage of the population who are malnourished with the size of the country's GDP per capita in 1990. To see how this has changed click ‘latest’ option below. Hover over a country to bring up information on additional goals such as maternal mortality and access to clean water.

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The Choice: Food & Poverty

It's a scenario familiar to all: it's evening after a long day of work, or maybe you have a few minutes before going to the gym, or it's Sunday morning and you need a few last -minute ingredients for barbecue. A trip tot the grocery store cannot be avoided. You are quite familiar with the large supermarket chain, in fact there is one year son's school. Their product are surely cheaper and better than those from the small shop on the opposite corner...right? As a consumer have you ever tried to understand the differences between the vegetables you might find in the street market versus the mega stores? Is there a difference in quality? And what are you really paying for? And what about solution... is there a way to buy only what you need?

This map hopes to provide the answers to some of these questions by creating a visual critical comparison between that various ways we shop. We will show what is hidden beneath the surface when you seek to buy vegetables for you and your family and ask the question...is a good choice even possible?

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