Posts Tagged: debt

Hunger Hotspots through January 2023

PHP is supporting partners in 11 of the 19 hunger hotspots identified by the FAO & WFP By Eileen Schuhmann | Presbyterian Hunger Program The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of creating a world free of hunger by 2030 seems destined to fail as extreme hunger and food insecurity continue an upward trend. The Food… Read more »

Debt Crisis in Sri Lanka puts Food and Economic Security at Risk

By Herman Kumara | Chairperson, Praja Abhilasha, Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan Civil War ended in 2009 and by 2010 country rulers declared that Sri Lanka was on its way to becoming a middle-income country with the scaling back of military spending. However, by the end of the 2019, Sri Lanka’s budget deficit had ballooned… Read more »