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Mali - Special Focus

The Special Focus series provide latest information on countries, regions or key initiatives that are of high importance and/or concern from a food security and humanitarian perspective.

Syria - Special Focus

The Special Focus series provide latest information on countries, regions or key initiatives that are of high importance and/or concern from a food security and humanitarian perspective.

Tajikistan - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), January 2013

Overall, the food security situation was analyzed in 13 livelihood zones for September–December 2012. About 870,277 people in 12 livelihood zones is classified in Phase 3- Crisis. Another 2,381...

Mauritanie - Enquête de suivi de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle des ménages, Décembre 2012/Janvier 2013

Le système de suivi de la sécurité alimentaire (FSMS) permet de mesurer l'évolution de la situation socioéconomique afin d’identifier et de suivre les menaces potentielles sur la sécurité...

West Africa and the Sahel - Food Security and Humanitarian Implications, 2012

Every month, WFP and FAO issue an information note on food security trends and humanitarian implications in West Africa. The bulletin offers analysis of food availability international and...

Synthesis of Mixed Method Impact Evaluations of the Contribution of Food Assistance to Durable Solutions in Protracted Refugee Situations

This is a synthesis of the findings and conclusions across the full series of 4 impact evaluations of the contribution of food assistance to refugees in protracted situations. The evaluations were...

Central America: An evaluation of WFP's Regional Portfolio (2007 - 2011). Terms of Reference

The first Regional Portfolio Evaluation (RPE) - newly introduced by the WFP’s Office of Evaluation -  is a variant of the Country Portfolio Evaluation (CPE), at the regional level. ...

Myanmar - Rapid Assessment of Non-Displaced Populations in Sittwe Township, January 2013

The assessment was designed to capture dynamics at community (rather than household) level. As such, the primary tools utilized were focus group discussions (one per village) and key informant...

Ethiopia - Markets and Cash Transfers, January 2013

In line with the government’s ‘cash first’ policy for social transfers, the World Food Programme (WFP) is preparing the introduction of cash or voucher transfers in Ethiopia. This...

WFP's Safety Nets Policy

The nature and volume of its activities demonstrate WFP’s leading role as a global practitioner in internationally defined safety nets.This paper updates WFP’s 2004 policy framework in...