Policy / Publications

Key Publications

Keynote Address - Organization of American States' Lecture Series of the Americas - Washington, DC (29/07/08)

Statement to the Conference of Foreign Affairs Committee Chairpersons of EU Parliaments - Paris, France (22/07/08)

Statement to the UN Economic and Social Council Humanitarian Segment - New York (17/07/08)

Statement to the Italian Parliament Agriculture and Foreign Affairs Committees - Rome, Italy (15/07/08)

Statement to the African Union Summit - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (30/06/08)

Opening Statement to the WFP Executive Board, June 2008 - Rome, Italy (09/06/08)

Statement to the High-Level Meeting on World Food Security - Rome, Italy (03/06/08)

Soaring Food Prices and the New Face of Hunger - Testimony to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (14/05/08)

The Silent Tsunami - the Globalization of the Hunger Challenge; Keynote address to the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (06/05/08)

Vouchers and Cash Transfers as Food Assistance Instruments: Opportunities and Challenges

Food assistance refers to the set of instruments used to address the food needs of vulnerable people. The instruments generally include in-kind food, vouchers and cash transfers. While food transfers represent WFP’s...

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