Rapports

From December 2012 to July 2013, three NGOs from the National Alliance for Risk Reduction and Response Initiatives consortium (Solidarités International, Islamic Relief and Oxfam) implemented a Food Security response after flash floods that occurred in…

IN THIS ISSUE About FrontLines Insights from Administrator Rajiv Shah EXTREME POVERTY Introduction: A Call to Action to End Extreme Poverty Weathering the Storm: Rice Lifts Bangladesh Village from Saltwater Deluge Investments, Not Charity, Provide Hope to Ethiopia’s Most Vulnerable Children In Senegal,…

DHAKA, April 7, 2014 – The government of Bangladesh today signed a $210 million financing agreement with the International Development Association (IDA), the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries, to construct…

NEWS October 2013 DFID teamed up with businesses and employee organisations to improve conditions in the garment industry, inspecting factories and strengthen the inspection regime. January 2014 The Awami League was re-elected. Parliamentary elections satisfied the constitution but fewer than…

Highlights Retail price of food: Except for lentils, retail prices of essential food items i.e. rice, wholemeal wheat flour (atta), and oil (palm oil) are yet to stabilize after the hartal/strike dominated quarter of October-December 2013 when…

Period covered by this operations update: 19 November 2013 – 10 February 2014. Appeal target (current): This revised emergency appeal seeks CHF 1,730,251 (including CHF 57,191 for shelter cluster coordination) in cash, kind or services to support…

HIGHLIGHTS The quarter of October to December 2013 was marked by 33 days of countrywide strikes and blockades which had negative effects on food prices especially of rice, livelihoods and food consumption of vulnerable groups, as well…

Dhaka, Tuesday, 28 January 2014: UNICEF has recruited an initial group of nine District Nutrition Support Officers (DNSOs) to facilitate and accelerate mainstreaming of nutrition in Bangladesh at district level and below. The optimal scale up in…

Highlights A. Severely Affected Upazilas: Keshobpur (Jessore); Tala, Satkhira Sadar, Kolaroa (Satkhira) B. Total No. of Affected Unions: 25 Nos. C. Affected Households: 60295 Nos. D. Damage Information: Shelter: 9059 Nos. Roads: 320.9 Kms 3) Embankment: 66.0 Kms 4) Agriculture: 6454 Acres…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Sowing of the 2013/14 Boro rice crop on schedule with some delays in input supplies Record 2013 paddy harvest estimated Rice prices at near record levels Localized food insecurity persists