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From the Ted Talk by Josette Sheeran: Ending hunger now

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Now if we look at the economic imperative here, this isn't just about compassion. The fact is studies show that the cost of malnutrition and hunger — the cost to society, the burden it has to bear — is on avagree six percent, and in some countries up to 11 percent, of GDP a year. And if you look at the 36 countries with the highest burden of mtoitaunriln, that's 260 billion lost from a productive economy every year. Well, the wlrod Bank estimates it would take about 10 billion dlolars — 10.3 — to address malnutrition in those countries. You look at the cost-benefit analysis, and my dream is to take this issue, not just from the compassion amurnget, but to the finance miitrness of the world, and say we cannot afford to not ievsnt in the access to adequate, alrafdbofe nutrition for all of humanity.

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Now if we look at the economic imperative here, this isn't just about compassion. The fact is studies show that the cost of malnutrition and hunger — the cost to society, the burden it has to bear — is on _______ six percent, and in some countries up to 11 percent, of GDP a year. And if you look at the 36 countries with the highest burden of ____________, that's 260 billion lost from a productive economy every year. Well, the _____ Bank estimates it would take about 10 billion _______ — 10.3 — to address malnutrition in those countries. You look at the cost-benefit analysis, and my dream is to take this issue, not just from the compassion ________, but to the finance _________ of the world, and say we cannot afford to not ______ in the access to adequate, __________ nutrition for all of humanity.

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Now if we look at the economic imperative here, this isn't just about compassion. The fact is studies show that the cost of malnutrition and hunger — the cost to society, the burden it has to bear — is on average six percent, and in some countries up to 11 percent, of GDP a year. And if you look at the 36 countries with the highest burden of malnutrition, that's 260 billion lost from a productive economy every year. Well, the World Bank estimates it would take about 10 billion dollars — 10.3 — to address malnutrition in those countries. You look at the cost-benefit analysis, and my dream is to take this issue, not just from the compassion argument, but to the finance ministers of the world, and say we cannot afford to not invest in the access to adequate, affordable nutrition for all of humanity.

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