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| The number of people living "on the edge of emergency" has nearly doubled to 220m in just two years, one of the world's biggest aid agencies has said. | The number of people living "on the edge of emergency" has nearly doubled to 220m in just two years, one of the world's biggest aid agencies has said. |
| Care International says billions of dollars in aid will be wasted if it continues to be spent in the wrong way. | Care International says billions of dollars in aid will be wasted if it continues to be spent in the wrong way. |
| Failure to resolve underlying issues trapping people in extreme poverty has left millions unable to cope with surging food prices, the agency warns. | Failure to resolve underlying issues trapping people in extreme poverty has left millions unable to cope with surging food prices, the agency warns. |
| Halving poverty and hunger around the world by 2015 are key UN goals. | Halving poverty and hunger around the world by 2015 are key UN goals. |
| "The world's inaction on food emergencies has proved costly and it is the world's poorest people - stripped of enough to eat - who are paying the price," said Geoffrey Dennis, chief executive of Care International UK. | "The world's inaction on food emergencies has proved costly and it is the world's poorest people - stripped of enough to eat - who are paying the price," said Geoffrey Dennis, chief executive of Care International UK. |
| The report, "Living on the edge of emergency: Paying the price of inaction", comes ahead of a UN summit on the organisation's Millennium Development Goals (MDG), to be held in New York next week. | The report, "Living on the edge of emergency: Paying the price of inaction", comes ahead of a UN summit on the organisation's Millennium Development Goals (MDG), to be held in New York next week. |
| The top priority of the MDGs is to halve the number of people whose income is less than $1 (56 pence) a day by 2015. | The top priority of the MDGs is to halve the number of people whose income is less than $1 (56 pence) a day by 2015. |
| Coordination call | Coordination call |
| Care's report, released on Thursday, says the international community has failed to learn the lessons of countless emergencies. | Care's report, released on Thursday, says the international community has failed to learn the lessons of countless emergencies. |
| Governments must take this opportunity to... protect the most vulnerable from emergency Geoffrey DennisCare International UK class="" href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5356&edition=1">Send us your comments | |
| Too often aid arrived too late, was short-term, and policies were targeted too heavily on saving lives rather than building resilience in the population, the report says. | Too often aid arrived too late, was short-term, and policies were targeted too heavily on saving lives rather than building resilience in the population, the report says. |
| "It is a disgrace that, despite warnings, money is still being spent in the wrong ways," said Mr Dennis. | "It is a disgrace that, despite warnings, money is still being spent in the wrong ways," said Mr Dennis. |
| The report calls for donors to better coordinate their emergency aid and long-term development commitments, and focus on food production and support for the world's poor, as well as developing early warning systems for disasters. | The report calls for donors to better coordinate their emergency aid and long-term development commitments, and focus on food production and support for the world's poor, as well as developing early warning systems for disasters. |
| "Governments, the UN, donors and aid agencies must take this opportunity to deliver the long-term structural reforms to the aid system that will protect the most vulnerable from emergency and build their resilience to food price rises, drought and other shocks." | "Governments, the UN, donors and aid agencies must take this opportunity to deliver the long-term structural reforms to the aid system that will protect the most vulnerable from emergency and build their resilience to food price rises, drought and other shocks." |
| The report comes a day after the head of the UN's food agency, Jacques Diouf, said the number of people suffering from acute hunger rose by 75m to an estimated 925m last year. | The report comes a day after the head of the UN's food agency, Jacques Diouf, said the number of people suffering from acute hunger rose by 75m to an estimated 925m last year. |