Why do people go hungry?

Why do people go hungry?

People go hungry for many reasons; dictatorships and corruption, natural disaster, famine and diseased crops would be examples.

Poverty and hunger are rife in poor and oppressed countries, such as:

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• Zimbabwe
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• Certain Parts of India
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• Certain Parts of China
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• Mali
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• Dem. Republic of the Congo
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• Somalia

Below is a map of the GHI hunger index for 2008:

This map shows quite well what countries are affected most by hunger and starvation, notice that little to no countries in the developed world are affected in any major way.

Aid is sent to countries in need of it, but often it doesn't reach the intended source. Crime and corrupt government get in the way of trying to help those in need of food, despite different organisation's best efforts.

Below are figures from 2010 concerning world hunger:

As you can see, the two worst affected regions are Asia and Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Notice how the least affected region is the region labeled 'Developed Countries.'

From this we can see that there is a correlation between a nation's wealth, and the level of hunger in it's population. 

By Liam Marlborough and Jordan Telfer