Policy / Publications

Key Publications


WFP Gender Policy brochure

Gender inequality is a major cause and effect of hunger and poverty: it is estimated that 60 percent of the world’s chronically hungry people are women and girls; 20 percent are children under 5. Achieving gender...

WFP in Africa - 2008 Facts, Figures and Partners

This brochure reviews WFP operations in the African continent in 2008. WFP is active in 40 countries in Africa, assisting more than 53 million people to survive food crises, rebuild their communities after disasters...

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...

Improving the Nutritional Quality of WFP's Food Basket

Part of WFP's 'Ten minutes to learn about...' series on nutrition

Child Vulnerability and AIDS: Case Studies from Southern Africa

Among the many devastating consequences of the AIDS epidemic in sub- Saharan Africa, the rapidly growing orphan population demands particular attention. Today, over 15 million children in the region have been...