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Hunger is the World’s Greatest Solvable Problem

Hunger is the world’s greatest solvable problem. Solving hunger boosts economic development, builds the brains and bodies of the next generation and builds a stronger, more prosperous and...

Democratic Republic of Congo: Annual Report 2011

A summary of the work of the World Food Programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2011.

Rethinking School Feeding - Social Safety Nets, Child Development and the Education Sector (Executive Summary)

This joint publication of the World Food Programme and the World Bank Group provides a new analysis of school feeding programmes. It benefits from combining the World Food Programme...

Two Minutes to Learn About: School Meals

No child should attend school hungry. This is why WFP provides school meals to around 24 million children each year and works closely with governments to support them in creating their own...

State of School Feeding Worldwide 2013

The first State of School Feeding Worldwide report, produced by WFP provides a global picture of developments in school feeding, with maps, analysis, and research.

WFP in Africa - 2012 Facts and Figures and Partners

WFP assists African governments and communities to implement comprehensive, country-led, programmes to tackle hunger the world’s greatest solvable problem. In 2012, out of a total US$4.2...

Food Procurement Annual Report 2012

In 2012, WFP procured more than 1.5 million metric tons (mt) of cereals, of which 404,492 mt of wheat. Compared to 2011, when wheat was purchased mainly from the CIS countries and the Black Sea...

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...

Timor Leste: An evaluation of WFP's portfolio (2008 – 2012)

Covering the period 2008 – 2012 the Timor-Leste country portfolio evaluation assessed three main operations that encompassed: emergency relief, food-for-work/assets, school feeding, maternal...

Protecting Asia’s Most Vulnerable - WFP and Social Safety Nets in Asia

The World Food Programme works with governments across Asia to design and manage large-scale, innovative programmes, focused on those who need them most. These programmes are often called ‘...

The World's Greatest Solvable Problem