Publications

The COVID-19 pandemic is having far-reaching impacts on how people earn a living and meet critical needs. The Caribbean COVID-19 Food Security and Livelihoods Impact Survey was launched by CARICOM to rapidly gather data on impacts to livelihoods, food security and access to markets. Prepared by the World Food Programme with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization, the survey link was shared via social media, email and media.

This latest food security analysis shows a deterioration in food security in Sierra Leone compared to February 2019, with the total food-insecure population increasing from 34 percent to 47.7 percent. This implies that almost half of the population of Sierra Leone (3,921,752) are not consuming enough nutritious diet to live a healthy life. The likely drivers of an increase in food insecurity in Sierra Leone are recurrent climatic shocks, including flooding and erratic precipitation pattern during the seasonal rains, in addition to a challenging macroeconomic situation. These shocks have not only increased short-term hunger, but also compromised the resilience of poor households. Whilst food insecurity is highest in rural districts, it should be noted that the January 2020 FSMS shows a sharp increase in the number of urban residents living in food insecurity. The global socio-economic downturn impacted by the COVID-19 may exacerbate the already difficult food security situation in the country.

WFP will continue to lead discussions on the ground, together with the Food Security Working Group, to review the implications along with making immediate decisions on how food security partners can work together to address the needs.

In response to COVID19 outbreak, WFP Jordan is proactively taking measures to ensure that WFP beneficiaries continue to receive assistance and are appropriately shielded from the effects of COVID19. To this end, WFP Jordan has introduced modifications to its systems and processes to align to the quickly changing context. Similarly, WFP Jordan has adapted its routine process monitoring and introduced remote monitoring. This report provides the first monitoring findings and serves to inform decision-making of key stakeholders. The findings presented here focus primarily on data collected and analysed between March 31. 2020 and April 8, 2020.

Closing another gender gap with a new quantitative measure.

Zero Hunger Strategic Review (ZHSR) – conducted by WFP, May 2018

Costs-benefits analysis of WFP Benin School feeding programme – financed and conducted by Mastercard, May 2019.

A WFP analysis of the economic and food security implications of the pandemic.

The WFP Aviation Annual Report describes the activities and achievements of WFP Aviation Service and UNHAS in support of humanitarian response in 2019.

In 2019, WFP presented its second Iraq Socio-economic Atlas. The 2019 Atlas illustrates agriculture, poverty, nutrition, gender and youth, disaggregated by sex and age, in Governorate level thematic maps; and includes 18 District maps and infographics in addition to the 16 Districts presented in the 2018 Atlas. The 2019 Atlas allows a long-term development planning perspective of Iraq. It maps new findings from the sixth round of Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys in Iraq (2018), satellite image land cover analysis (WFP RBC 2018) and incorporates the extensive experience of UN agencies such as UNFPA, FAO, UNDP, UN-Habitat, UNMAS, UNICEF, along with WFP.

The terms of reference of the evaluation aim to inform stakeholders about the evaluation, clarify expectations and requirements and guide the evaluation team in its work during the various phases of the evaluation.

Two devastating earthquakes struck Nepal on the 25th of April and the 12th of May, 2015. The earthquakes caused estimated damage and loss of USD 7 billion- which is a third of Nepal’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).