Publications - NANGO

The challenge of hunger and climate change

The 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI) indicates that the level of hunger and under-nutrition worldwide, with a GHI score of 20.0, falls on the cusp of the moderate and serious categories. This value reflects a decline in the global GHI score in each period examined since 2000, when the global GHI score was 29.0 and fell into the serious category. This achievement coincides with a global decline in poverty and increased funding for nutrition initiatives worldwide. However, current action and spending are still insufficient to reach global goals such as the second Sustainable Development Goal—Zero Hunger— and the World Health Assembly global nutrition targets to which countries have declared their commitment. Furthermore, we need to strengthen our efforts to cope with extreme climatic events, violent conflicts, wars, and economic slowdowns and crises that continue to drive hunger in many parts of the world. Inequalities within country borders allow hunger and undernutrition to persist even in countries that appear to do well according to national averages. The number of people who are undernourished actually rose from 785 million in 2015 to 822 million in 2018. Download the PDF below to read the full report

Synopsis-2019-Global-Hunger-Index.pdf

The 2019 Mid-Year Budget Review and Supplementary Budget

‘Building a Strong Foundation for Future Prosperity’ Presented to the Parliament of Zimbabwe by Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube Minister of Finance & Economic Development 1 August 2019 INTRODUCTION 1. The 2019 Mid-Year Budget Review seeks to update the nation at large on the performance of the economy during the first half of the year. 2. On the basis of recent developments, the Review outlines an updated Macro-Fiscal Framework, which underpins the proposed 2019 Supplementary Budget. 3. To the extent possible, contributions received from various stakeholders in Government, private sector and civic organisations, are acknowledged and appreciated in the crafting of this Review. 4. What is important is to remain steadfast in implementing key reforms, hence the theme for this Review: ‘Building a Strong Foundation for Future Prosperity’. 5. The Review is contextualised against recent global economic developments broadly and more particularly on domestic economic developments and the key thrust of the 2019 National Budget.

2019_Mid_Year_Budget_Review__Supplementary_Budget.pdf

The aftermath of Cyclone Idai

At least 154 deaths have been reported and 187 people are registered as missing, following flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai’s trajectory. A further 162 people are reportedly injured and 136 are still marooned, according to government reports. The death toll is expected to rise as areas previously cut-off become reachable, and an additional 500 people are still missing in Rusitu Valley in Chimanimani District, where rescue efforts have been hampered by damaged roads, according to IOM. In Chimanimani and Chipinge districts, an estimated 250,000 people have been impacted, according to the preliminary findings of an inter-sector joint rapid needs assessment mission. The mission reported further that an estimated 37 per cent (121,000 people) of the rural population in Chipinge district require urgent food assistance, while 77 per cent (114,000 people) are in need of food assistance in Chimanimani. At least 35,000 households - with over 120,000 women and over 60,000 children - are in urgent need of protection interventions in the two assessed districts (Chimanimani and Chipinge). An estimated additional 100,000 children are in need of welfare and civil registration services in nine districts.

ROSEA_20190323_Zimbabwe-Floods_Flash_Update-5-FINAL.pdf

Promoting stewardship, sustainability and solidarity

Natural resources governance is deeply a theological issue. It has to do with four theological dimensions, stewardship, human dignity, justice and peace. First, stewardship is the responsibility human beings were given at creation. In Genesis Chapter 1, God created human beings and gave them a responsibility to make use and take care of the creation. The human being was tasked to ensure that the creation was made use of in service of the well-being of all people. The human being was also given the responsibility to nurture or take care of the created world so as to allow it to be self-replenishing and self-sustaining. Use of the earth was meant to be done in such moderation as to allow it to give life from generation to generation. Excessive and accumulation is inherently rejected in this theology of stewardship as can be demonstrated by how those who hoarded the manna found it with maggots the following day (Exodus 16vs20). Human beings were given an obligation to leave the earth as good as they had found it at creation. Every day of the creation narrative concluded that “all things were good”. Maintenance of this goodness of the earth must inform human stewardship in the use of the earth and its resources.

Theological-Reflections-on-Natural-Resource-Governance-Rev3-1.pdf

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