Preventing Famine

December 15, 2011

Young Somali woman holding her malnourished child. The famine has affected thousands in the region (Stuart Price/UN/handout)
- Preventing Famine
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In This Episode
After the dire food shortages almost 25 years ago in Ethiopia, American aid helped implement an early warning system aimed at forecasting likely food emergencies. So why wasn't the disaster in the Horn of Africa foreseen?
Mwangi Kimenyi, Brookings Institute
Josette Sheeran, UN World Food Program
Ray Offenheiser, Oxfam America
Njuguna Ndung'u, Kenyan Central Bank Governor
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