Acknowledgments

The core team for the preperation of the bulletin comprising of Mr Omar Noman, Chief of Policies and Programme, Ms Charmalee Jayasinghe, Knowledge Services Analyst, Ms Tiruni Yasaratne, Knowledge Services Associate, Mr Gayan Peiris, Knowledge and Content Management Officer, Ms Maneka Weddikkara, Research Officer (MDGI) and Ms Aleyha Ahmed, KM Intern of the UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo.

Mr Purushottam Mudbhary, Chief, Policy Assistance Branch, Mr Sumiter Broca, Policy Officer, Mr Kinlay Dorjee, Economist and Mr Francis Mangila, Policy Officer of the FAO for their technical and editorial contributions.

We appreciate the contribution from the UNDP's Bureau of Development Policy (BDP). Mr Selim Jahan, Director of the Poverty Practice along with Ms Judy Grayson, provided support to the project.

We also acknowledge the support from the Senior Management of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBAP), New York.

Ms Menaka Gunawardana, Research Officer, MDGI, UNDP RCC for developing the Asia Pacific regional and country-specific hunger maps and facts.

Ms Manisha Mishra, Media and Advocacy Analyst and Ms Bronwyn Walker, UNDP RCC, for developing the interactive hunger quiz and providing editorial support.

Mr T Palanivel, Senior Advisor and Mr Indunil De Silva, Research Officer, MDGI, UNDP RCC, for research and statistical support.

Mr Kevin Coffey, Asia Pacific MDG Community of Practice Facilitator, Mr Biplove Choudhary, Programme Specialist, Trade and Investment Initiative and Ms Rohini Kohli, Human Development Reports Unit of the UNDP RCC, for their editorial support.

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For developing the overall design and layout of the bulletin.

Author Titles

Mr Omar Noman, Chief of Policies and Programme, UNDP RCC and Mr He Changchui, Assistant Director General, FAO RAP, for the main feature article “Combating Hunger – a Seven Point Agenda”.

Food and Agricultural Organisation Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, for the feature article “Undernourishment in the Asia-Pacific Region”.

Mr M S Swaminathan, Chairman, M S Swaminathan Research Institute for the feature article “Challenge of a Hunger Free Asia-Pacific Region”.

Ms Anuradha Rajivan, Regional Coordinator, Human Development Reports Unit, UNDP RCC, for the feature article “Combating Hunger: A Case for Pre-school and School Feeding”.

Ms Kathleen McAfee, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, for the feature article “Hunger, Social Equality, and Food Sovereignty: a Global Civil Society Perspective”.

Ms Lara Brearley, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, for the feature article “Combating Hunger- A Global Perspective ”.