Rapports

Leading minds in nutrition and school feeding took center stage at WFP's spotlight session to ask, "How do we ensure children's access to quality foods?" Social safety net programs are part of the answer. Moderated by Tufts University Professor Patrick Webb,…

Glide no TC-2009-000105-BGD Period covered by this Ops Update: 6 September to 8 October 2009; Appeal target (current): CHF 1,502,061 (USD 1,369,526 or EUR 960,080) in cash, kind, or services to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society to assist 35,000 families…

The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change study (EACC) will inform the international community's efforts to provide new and additional resources to developing countries through a better understanding of the global costs of adapting to climate change. It will also…

G20 leaders meet in Pittsburgh, USA, this week to talk about progress in responding to the global financial crisis that started a year ago. Although the crisis has compounded a hunger crisis in the developing world, food security is…

For Samya Begum hunger is never far away. She lives in a part of Bangladesh that is prone to flooding and a heavy monsoon can be the difference between having food and not having it. She is an example…

Fancy Rajshahi, a 40-year-old Bangladeshi woman who lives in grinding poverty, was thrilled earlier this year when she started to receive bags of fortified wheat flour from WFP to help nourish her three boys. Now it seems her good…

WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran released this statement in London. LONDON - In the week that marks the first anniversary of the global financial crisis, there are more hungry people in the world and less food aid than ever before.…

Period covered by this Operations Update: 1 August to 6 September 2009; Appeal target: CHF 2,355,249 (USD 2.2 million or EUR 1.6 million) in cash, kind, or in the form of services to support the Bangladesh Red…

Flood, Rainfall and River Situation; Summary of Water Levels and District Wise Flood Status Current Situation: Overall flash flood situation is improving. Water from most of low lying areas went away. Most of the rivers are flowing below their respective…

In this paper we examine the impact of commodity price volatility on calorie attainment and its variability for households at the nutritional poverty line in Bangladesh. We focus on the first two moments of the distribution of calorie consumption…