Assessments

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In April 2009, The United Nations World food Programme in collaboration with the Government, UN agencies and NGOs conducted an Emergency Food Security Assessment in Baticalloa District. The assessment focused in areas where populations that were affected by the…

Executive summary The food crisis of 2008 provoked a strong coordinated response from the world community and exposed fundamental problems in the agrofood sector, which continue. Prices remain high in many domestic markets of developing countries, and the risk of…

Executive Brief Overview The People's Republic of Bangladesh is home to more than 150 million people concentrated on 144,000 sq Km. Over 40% of the population are children. Three-quarters of Bangladeshis live in rural areas. The country sits on the…

Abul Barkat, Avijit Poddar, Matiur Rahman, Golam Mahiyuddin, Sadeka Halim, Azizul Karim, Md. Badiuzzaman, Md. Shahnewaz Khan, Abdullah-Al-Hussain - Human Development Research Centre Prepared for UNICEF Executive Summary Introduction In Bangladesh, children (0-17 years) constitute 44% of the total population i.e., 142 million…

Reporters Without Borders is alarmed about the impact that the imposition of the Sharia (Islamic law) in Pakistan's northern Swat valley is having on press freedom. Following a fact-finding visit, the press freedom organisation urges both the authorities -…

Beneficiary Objective: The objective of conducting an inter-cluster assessment on beneficiary perceptions was to capture a snap-shot of the flood-affected population perspective of the flood response during the emergency period of the Koshi floods in 2008. The perceptions of the…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Key Findings: While sampled households depict adequate food consumption patterns, this is mainly due to a reliance on loans and food assistance; along with reduced expenditure on non-food essentials such as shelter, education and health. Less than 25% of this…

Summary The Delegation held a series of Mid-Term Review (MTR) consultations with civil society and local government representatives during the months of February and March 2009. The discussions were all introduced with two PowerPoint presentations, one featuring the social and economic…

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS USAID/Afghanistan commissioned an assessment to provide a strategy, program options, and recommendations on needs and opportunities to strengthen the capacity and political will of the Government of Afghanistan to fulfill its National Anti-Corruption Strategy.…

Amplifying the Voices of Women in Afghanistan EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For centuries, women in Afghanistan have been used as a battleground, their symbolic and cultural value wielded as weapons by all groups and individuals forming and shaping the state, from early modernising…