Brazil's Zero Hunger Project is credited with contributing to a 27 percent reduction in poverty
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"The Zero Hunger Project, initiated by Brazil’s President Luiz Inàzio Lula da Silva in 2003 which is credited with contributing to a 27 percent reduction in poverty in the country, is a good example of what dedicated leaders can achieve.Source:Utviklingsfondet, A Viable Food Future (Oslo, Norway: Utviklingsfondet/The Development Fund, Norway, 2010), 19, http://www.utviklingsfondet.no/filestore/ViableFuture-web.pdf