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Cost of Fighting Hunger and Poverty Rises to US$176 trillion

September 11, 2022
Stephen M.CbyStephen M.C
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Cost of Fighting Hunger and Poverty Rises to US$176 trillion

According to United Nations (UN) Force for Good Initiative (FFGI) report, the cost of meeting global targets to fight issues such as hunger, poverty and climate change rose 25 percent to US$176 trillion over the last year, with performance on several measures reversing.

The funding shortfall for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a series of 2030 targets backed by all member states, rose even further over the period, up 35 percent to US$135 trillion, the report by the Force for Good Initiative (FFGI) said.

This, the FFGI noted that it is driven in part by historic under-funding and the ever-shorter timeframe, the higher price tag was also fuelled by surging inflation and the rising costs associated with reaching net-zero carbon emissions.

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The report added that rising economic pressures over the period saw progress on several SDGs worsen, with 100 million more people in extreme poverty and 210 million more facing food insecurity.

FFGI indicated that while the world has roughly US$450 trillion in more liquid wealth to help fix the problems, much was held in pension and other investments with a need to focus on returns that many institutions did not associate with the SDGs.

Ketan Patel, founder of the FFGI, which works with finance groups to help drive sustainable development, notes that the only problem with the SDG has to do with the way people perceived it to be.

“Our challenge is the SDGs are seen as a worthy cause but not really as a business case that can give a real return to the clients of those institutions.”

Ketan Patel

Ketan Patel noted that while it is important for clients to push institutions and the companies they invest in to focus on the SDGs, the institutions also needed to see the opportunities.

“These include creating affordable housing for the estimated 2.4 billion urban inhabitants by 2050; funding the burgeoning education technology sector and thereby helping the 260 million children currently out of school; and rolling out digital banking to help the 67% of the world that is under-banked. It can be profitable to serve those customers, and we should do so.”

Ketan Patel

Recently, a research indicated that ending hunger by 2030 would come with a price tag of $330bn, according to a study backed by the German government.

Again, research groups compiled data from 23 countries and found international donors would need to add another $14bn a year to their spending on food security and nutrition over the next 10 years; more than twice their current contribution. Low and middle-income countries would also have to give another $19bn a year, potentially through taxation.

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Tags: Climate ChangeForce for Good InitiativeHungerPovertySDGs

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