Fragility has become a prevailing reality in an increasing number of countries in various areas, including Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA). The concept of fragility encompasses...
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In 2022, the demand for humanitarian assistance grew larger than ever. There was an exceptional donor response to the unprecedented increase in the number of people in need – driven...
The objectives of the present report are threefold.
Firstly, to provide information on the situation in a set of 21 countries and regions considered of maximum concern from a food security perspective.
Secondly...
This paper surveys the status of refugee entrepreneurs in several world regions and offers a menu of possible actions that governments, development partners, and private sector actors (including local...
This joint report provides a review of WFP and UNHCR’s cash assistance for Syrian refugees in Lebanon in July, following the re-introduction of dual currency disbursement in May 2023.
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Highlights on food security: In domestic currency, food inflation in the region is likely to remain elevated as a result of the continuing pressures on MENA economies’ currencies. In Egypt, year-on-year food...
Most countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are struggling to reduce poverty and vulnerability—COVID-19 and now Russia's invasion of Ukraine are making the task even...
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further...
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Internal displacement broke new records in 2022
71.1 million people were living in internal displacement worldwide at the end of 2022, a...
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When faced with rising prices in commodity markets, in particular oil and food, countries in MENA put in place policies aimed at containing domestic inflation. Despite...