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serious socioeconomic challenges both for households and policy makers in the developing
regions of Asia & Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America & Caribbean where the majority
of the OIC member countries are located.13
Figure 31. Undernourished People in the OIC and its Share in the World
Source: Annex 38
At the sub- regional level, despite of the higher proportion of undernourishment in the African
Group, Asian Group has almost half of the total undernourished people in the OIC member
countries due to its high population. Figure 32 shows that as of 2014-2016, 98.6 million
undernourished people are expected to live in the Asian Group, which accounts for nearly 60
percent of undernourished population in the OIC.
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