The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI)
was released last week, and while most countries in the region had
demonstrated a marked improvement in hunger levels since the 2005 index
was published, Timor-Leste was among the worst performers.
Hunger levels in Timor-Leste were found to be ‘alarming’ and only 0.4
of an index point away from the ‘extremely alarming’ category. Out of the
78 countries in the index, Timor-Leste was ranked 75th. Timor-Leste’s
hunger index score was also 3.6 points worse than it was in 2005.
The GHI, published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), measures undernourishment, underweight children under five and under five mortality rates.
The index found that India and Timor-Leste had the highest prevalence
of underweight children under five—more than 40 percent in both
countries.Most Pacific countries were not included in the index due to a
lack of data.
In Southeast Asia, most countries had improved their
score. For example, Indonesia’s growth has seen it halve its index score
since 1990, but it was still rated as having serious levels of hunger.
Vietnam was another success story, reducing its index score by three
quarters since 1990.
Lawrence Haddad has provided some further analysis of
the index’s findings on his blog, noting that South Asia had a better
GHI score than Sub Saharan Africa in 2000, but now South Asia is
performing more poorly.
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