Évaluations

Highlights Information from the field indicates that food insecurity is less prevalent than during the past two years, mainly due to favorable rainfall in the second half of the season and ongoing interventions carried out by the…

NAIROBI/RUMBEK, 16 June 2004 - A girl born in southern Sudan has a better chance of dying in pregnancy or childbirth than of completing primary school. To put it another way, one in nine women dies in pregnancy or…

Upon a request made by the UN Secretary General H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan, the OIC Secretary General H.E. Dr. Abdelouahed Belkeziz, decided to dispatch an OIC mission to the Darfur region in the Republic of the Sudan. At the…

INTRODUCTION Poverty continues to be an endemic problem in Zambia. According to the Living Conditions Monitoring Survey of 1998, 73 percent of the population are classified as living in poverty. Furthermore, poverty is more prevalent in rural areas (where it…

CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY SITUATION OVERVIEW As of May 2004, the number of countries facing serious food shortages throughout the world stands at 35 with 24 in Africa, 5 in Asia, 5 in Latin America and 1 in Europe. The…

Executive Summary Purpose of Community and Household Surveillance (CHS) data CHS data is collected quarterly by WFP and C-SAFE through a joint data collection exercise. In Zimbabwe, 39 sentinel sites have been established in 34 districts spanning 9 Food economy Zones. Data…

NEW SUDAN CENTRE FOR STATISTICS AND EVALUATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNICEF MAY 2004 NSCSE SERIES PAPER 1/2004 FOREWORD On the threshold of peace, the people of the Sudan, particularly the war-affected communities, face formidable social problems but tremendous opportunities. The real test in…

Summary Zimbabwe Country Context Zimbabwe has a population of 11.6 million people (CSO August 2002) with the bulk of the population living in the rural areas of the country. The country's economy has faced a lot of challenges in the…

Refugees International Advocate Andrea Lari conducted a humanitarian assessment mission to Burundi in March. As the repatriation of Burundian refugees in Tanzania accelerates, half of the 280,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in camps in Burundi have already returned…

Highlights Although quantitative results have not been released yet, qualitative findings from the Vulnerability Assessment Committee and Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission suggest an optimistic picture of the 2003/04 agricultural season. Compared to the previous three…