31. Zero Hunger For The World: Brazil's Global Diffusion Of Its Zero Hunger Strategy
- Author:
- Markus Fraundorfer
- Publication Date:
- 03-2013
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- AUSTRAL: Brazilian Journal of Strategy International Relations
- Institution:
- Postgraduate Program in International Strategic Studies, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
- Abstract:
- Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010) received a number of prestigious international awards for his activities in the global fight against hunger and poverty, not least because of the impressive results of the Zero Hunger Strategy, launched by Lula da Silva in 2003, which achieved to considerably reduce the numbers of people living in poverty in Brazil. A myriad of relevant actors in the global governance of food security, among them civil society organisations (CSOs) and international organisations, praised Brazil's approach to fighting hunger and poverty. In 2009, ActionAid, one of the most influential CSOs worldwide in the fight against hunger and poverty, started its global HungerFREE campaign which included the introduction of a scorecard with the aim to monitor the performance of developing countries in the fight against hunger. Through these monitoring practices ActionAid confirmed that Brazil's approach to fighting hunger, in the form of Lula da Silva's Zero Hunger Strategy, was the most successful one in the developing world. Brazil was ranked first by ActionAid in both 2009 and 2010 (ActionAid 2009, 35; ActionAid 2010 , 37). Oxfam's global "Grow" campaign against hunger and poverty, launched in 2011, was profoundly inspired by Lula da Silva's courageous leadership and the huge success of his Zero Hunger Strategy (Interview, 12 March 2013).
- Political Geography:
- Brazil