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Key Publications


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...

WFP's Operational Relationship With NGOs

By the end of 2006, the World Food Programme (WFP) had entered into partnerships with about 3,300 NGO partners all around the world. The sheer number of partners underlines the magnitude and complexity required to...