Are famine and nutrition crises preventable? How? Who is accountable?

What does new research say on structural reform, social protection, sustainable livelihoods, improved governance, and creating more robust health and education systems?

This latest edition of Research Watch - Averting Famine, Acting Early - asks the tough questions to a range of global experts. As UNICEF calls for an urgent escalation of humanitarian efforts to stop the crisis in the Sahel and the cycle of disasters, the experts offer an array of short, long and controversial solutions, and share insights into why Africa has endured four famines in the 21st Century, and why the world may struggle to avoid a fifth.