This Week in Global Dev: #161: Bypassing the traditional aid system: The big bet to end starvation
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This Week in Global Dev: #161: Bypassing the traditional aid system: The big bet to end starvation

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 10, 202635 min

This week, we discuss our in-depth story on Operation End Starvation, a new initiative aiming to remake the global malnutrition supply chain. With a focus on cost-effectiveness, the project pairs public cash for ready-to-use therapeutic foods, or RUTFs, with philanthropic dollars to fund manufacturers, transporters, and delivery partners worldwide. The initiative represents a wider shift in foreign aid — for example, it bypasses the traditional multilateral system — and critics argue it still isn't cost-effective enough and is siphoning away crucial resources from broader hunger prevention efforts. We also reflect on our key takeaways from the Africa Food Systems Forum, including the inno...

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My name is Advah Saldinger and you're listening to This Week in Global Development, hosted by myself, Rumi Chakamba, and David Ainsward. And we have sort of a unique episode. It's not too often that we get to dive into all things food security, malnutrition, agriculture

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on This Week in Global Development. And so I'm really excited to have an episode that's dedicated to some of those issues today. for this discussion are my colleagues Alyssa Milin and Tanya Karas. And Tanya is joining us today

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actually from Kigali Rwanda where she has just wrapped up covering a conference all about Africa food systems. So excited to hear more about that from you Tanya in a bit. But Alyssa, I'm going to start with you this week because you have a big feature. I know this took a lot of reporting and you know, I really encourage folks to check it out because our design team

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