Global Alliance pushes for practical, scalable and evidence-based programmes to end hunger

Doha: The Global Alliance has introduced an innovative approach to helping countries address challenges related to hunger and poverty through practica...

Doha: The Global Alliance has introduced an innovative approach to helping countries address challenges related to hunger and poverty through practical, scalable, and evidence-based programmes.

On the sidelines of the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha, Renato Domith Godinho, Director of the Support Mechanism of Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, highlighted that the Alliance’s defining feature, known as the ‘policy basket’, sets it apart from other global initiatives.

Speaking to The Peninsula, Godinho said: “The policy basket is a collection built together by members, organisations, think tanks, academia, but most especially the country governments themselves that gathers the best evidence-based policy instruments and programmes that have proven to work in reducing hunger and poverty, as adapted to different national experiences.”

He cautioned against the common pitfall of trying to implement all-encompassing strategies without establishing strong programmatic foundations. “It’s easier to say we need a broad, integrated strategy with all policies interconnected, but if you try to do it all at once, you’ll be lost,” he noted.

“The policy basket emphasises well-defined programmes including school meals, credit for smallholders, social protection systems, and social registries that can be built and then interlinked. Without these foundations, broad frameworks remain only on paper.”