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This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of South Asia. Macroeconomic indicators...

Key Findings on agriculture and food and nutrition security: * Climate change is expected to raise global mean temperatures, leading to more extreme heat and flooding, which...

Key findings on agriculture and food security: According to the document, the key findings related to agriculture and food security are: * Moderate food insecurity remains elevated...

Highlights: High-frequency indicators of food affordability are unavailable in LMICs. Agencies invested in food price data after 2008, but not income or wage data. We...

Highlights: High-frequency indicators of food affordability are unavailable in LMICs. Agencies invested in food price data after 2008, but not income or wage data. We...

South Asia is expected to remain the world’s fastest-growing region, thanks to robust growth in India. However, this strong outlook is deceptive. For most countries, growth is still below...

Numerous structural vulnerabilities put developing regions at a disadvantage as they confront the prospect of increasingly frequent extreme shocks. Typical of these regions, South Asia had...

IFAD is one of Sri Lanka’s longest-standing development partners. Since its first investment in the country in 1978, IFAD has implemented 19 projects in Sri Lanka, benefiting...

International food prices have become increasingly volatile in recent decades, with “global food crises” in 2008, 2011 and most recently in 2022. The 2008 crisis prompted...

The Ukraine War has had major implications for food security and food systems across the world given the important role both Russia and Ukraine play in global...