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The State of Food Security
and Nutrition
in the World
2024

FINANCING TO END HUNGER,
FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION
IN ALL ITS FORMS

The State of the World
  • Home
  • Key messages
  • Foreword
  • Executive summary
  • The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World

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  • Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 2 FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION AROUND THE WORLD
    • 2.1 Food security indicators – latest updates and progress towards ending hunger and ensuring food security
    • 2.2 Cost and affordability of a healthy diet
    • 2.3 The state of nutrition: progress towards global nutrition targets
  • Chapter 3 A NEW DEFINITION OF FINANCING FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION
    • 3.1 Challenges in defining and measuring financing for food security and nutrition
    • 3.2 A new definition of financing for food security and nutrition
  • Chapter 4 CURRENT LEVELS OF AND GAPS IN FINANCING TO END HUNGER, FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION
    • 4.1 Tracking current levels of financing for food security and nutrition
    • 4.2 The cost of policies and interventions to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030
    • 4.3 The cost of inaction or slow action
  • Chapter 5 WHAT IS NEEDED TO CATALYSE SCALABLE FINANCING TO FILL THE GAP?
    • 5.1 Scaling up financing flows to food security and nutrition
    • 5.2 Innovative financing approaches and tools to bridge the financing gap for SDG Targets 2.1 and 2.2
    • 5.3 How to achieve better alignment with and synergies in different sources of financing
  • Chapter 6 THE WAY FORWARD
  • ANNEXES
    • ANNEX 1A: Statistical tables to Chapter 2
    • ANNEX 1B: Methodological notes for the food security and nutrition indicators
    • ANNEX 2: Glossary
  • SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
    • Supplementary material to Chapter 2
    • Supplementary material to Chapter 3
    • Supplementary material to Chapter 4
    • Supplementary material to Chapter 5
    • Tables, figures and boxes
    • Notes
  • Notes on geographical regions
  • Tables, figures and boxes
  • Methodology
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
KEY MESSAGES FOREWORD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION AROUND THE WORLD
CHAPTER 3 A NEW DEFINITION OF FINANCING FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION
CHAPTER 4 CURRENT LEVELS OF AND GAPS IN FINANCING TO END HUNGER, FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION
CHAPTER 5 WHAT IS NEEDED TO CATALYSE SCALABLE FINANCING TO FILL THE GAP?
CHAPTER 6 THE WAY FORWARD
ANNEXES SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
Notes on geographical regions Methodology Abbreviations Tables, Figures and Boxes Acknowledgements NOTES

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