Food as Aid: Trends, Needs and Challenges in the 21st Century (2003)

It is in the context of continuing food insecurity despite economic and agricultural growth, that food aid often plays a critical role. This paper reviews trends and issues in food aid from the 1980s through to the early 2000s, highlighting key changes during that period and potential influences on the coming years.

The first line of defence (2003)

Good nutrition is the first line of defence in warding off the detrimental effects of HIV/AIDS. This 10 page brochure explains the vital link between food aid and the battle against HIV, highlighting WFP's global activities to help people affected by HIV and AIDS.

HIV/AIDS & Children (2003)

Fold-out brochure, illustrating how WFP uses food aid to keep HIV-infected parents healthy to give their children a fighting chance for the future. Food aid can also ensure that families affected by HIV/AIDS keep their children in school.

Are We Reaching the Hungry? (2003)

Colour brochure providing brief update on WFP's efforts to target the world's poorest. Demonstrates the Agency's progress towards reaching the first of the Millennium Development Goals: halving the number of poor and hungry people by 2015.

Widening the ‘Window of Hope’ (2002)

In-depth policy paper examining the impact of HIV/AIDS on orphans and other vulnerable children and the ways that food aid can improve their access to nutrition and education.

Situation of Displacement: Issues and Experiences (2000)

IDPs face special difficulties not shared with crisis-affected groups including refugees. This discussion paper contributes to the ongoing debate on how these difficulties should be addressed and proposes policy guidance for WFP.

Ending the Inheritance of Hunger: Food Aid for Human Growth - (1999)

This seminar was held in Rome on 31 May 1997 and brought together eminent scholars, WFP Executive Board members, other invited guests from UN member states, UN agencies and NGOs as well as WFP staff members.

Tackling hunger in a world full of food: tasks ahead for food aid - (1998)

The document was prepared by WFP in response to a request from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) for a background paper on food aid for the World Food Summit to be held in Rome in November 1996. It builds on WFP's Mission Statement and on discussion within WFP's Governing Body.

The Hunger Trap - (1998)

WFP publication explains how hunger causes poverty by denying its victims opportunities to enhance their lives. As a result, people who are weakened by hunger find themselves trapped in a vicious circle of hunger-poverty-hunger.

Women's Right to Food: Implications for Programming - (1998)

The document was prepared by WFP in response to a request from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for a background paper on food aid for the World Food Summit to be held in Rome in November 1996. It builds on WFP's Mission Statement and on recent discussion within WFP's Governing Body.

Progress Report on WFP's Implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action - (1998)

Report on status of WFP's follow-up to the implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action.

Implications of the World Food Summit Plan of Action for WFP - (1997)

WFP concludes that the World Food Summit Plan of Action is consistent with its Mission Statement and that no shift in its orientation is required.

Women and Gender - (1995)

Includes report on the South Asia Regional Workshop on mainstreaming gender in project planning, Operational Guidelines on Women and Gender and details of WFP's participation at the Fourth World Conference on Women Seatown.

Redefining the role of food aid (2004)

Food aid can provide an insurance function to help hungry people deal with shocks for which existing insurance mechanisms function poorly.

Food aid leakage in Bangladesh: a study (2004)

Estimated losses in the Vulnerable Groups Development programme in Bangladesh are low by international and national standards.

Rethinking food aid to fight AIDS (2004)

Re-viewing food aid strategies using an HIV/AIDS lens can help reduce risk and mitigate the impact of the pandemic.

HIV/AIDS and RENEWAL (2004)

The RENEWAL network is a broad collaboration to address the AIDS pandemic, fill knowledge gaps and strengthen capacity.

Nicaraguan Social Safety Net Programme (2004)

Successful safety nets can protect the most affected by crises without abandoning conditionality.

Food aid and household behaviour in rural Ethiopia (2004)

The potential disincentive effects of food aid on labour supply and agricultural activities largely vanish under more careful statistical analysis.

Meeting children's nutritional needs:
Fortified Blended Foods (2004)

Fortified foods can greatly contribute to improving nutrition, especially in countries with micronutrients gaps like Haiti.

Food for Education in Bangladesh (2003)

The concern that learning performance may be adversely affected by increased class size appears to be unfounded.

Nutrition and food aid: lessons from Ethiopia (2003)

Food aid programmess are reaching poor and vulnerable households, and are having a positive impact on weight-for-height.

Floods, food assistance, and food markets in Bangladesh (2003)

The synergy between food assistance and markets development has greatly contributed to avoiding a food-price crisis.

Cost-effective safety nets: what are the costs of reaching the poor? (2003)

While there is variability in their performance, public works programmes or "safety nets" have a substantial impact on health, nutrition and education.

Poverty maps and food assistance programmes (2003)

Coupled with timely information, poverty maps can demonstrate food insecurity in a transparent and simple way.

Food aid targeting and the daycare programme in urban Guatemala (2003)

The programme has had a positive impact on the diet of children and also complements women's basic livelihood's strategies.