04/04/2014
Cost of Hunger in Africa Study: A Regional Look at the Price of child undernutrition in Africa (UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa)
(Source: UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa) Abuja, 28 March 2014 - The first report of the Cost of Hunger in Africa (COHA) Study that unveils the crushing impact of child undernutrition on the economies of four African countries was launched today in Abuja, Nigeria during a high level event organized on the sidelines of the Seventh Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Experts are gathered here in Abuja to look at the startling results of the Cost of Hunger in Africa report, covering Egypt, Ethiopia, Swaziland and Uganda, which revealed staggering statistics for each country. Ethiopia lost an estimated US$4.7 billion in 2009...
