The Global Hunger Index

Question 1

What is it?

Answer 1

• measures hunger at global, national & regional levels
• raises awareness of geo. differences in hunger & how these change overtime

Question 2

The 4 GHI indicators

Answer 2

1. undernourishment (% of pop.)
2. child wasting (below age 5 with low weight for height –> acute undernutrition)
3. child stunting (// low height for their age –> chronic undernutrition)
4. child mortality (mortality rate under age 5)

Question 3

Best performers

Answer 3

• Thailand = econ. growth
• Vietnam = econ. growth
• Mexico = high econ. growth
• Ghana = pol. stab. & gov. investment

Question 4

Worst performers

Answer 4

• Swaziland = HIV & AIDs epidemic –> ill so can’t work & healthcare overwhelmed
• Burundi = decades of economic decline
• Iraq = conflict + burden of Syrian refugees
• Eritrea = conflict
• Sudan = drought + conflict