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Approximately 15.5 million people in Bangladesh (16 percent of the analysed population) experienced high levels of acute food insecurity in April 2025 and were classified in IPC...

Between October and December 2024, over a quarter of the population (26 percent), representing 23.3 million Bangladeshis and 300,000 Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN), are...

The Global Report on Food Crisis (GRFC) 2024 estimated that about 281.6 million people in 59 food crisis countries and territories faced high levels of acute...

About 14.6 million people (20 percent of the analysed population) experienced high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis...

Food insecurity is an ongoing national concern both in developing and in developed countries. Well-designed food policies, including aspects such as food production, distribution, consumption, availability...

WFP’s work in Bangladesh started in 1974 in the early days after independence when it supported the Government and people of Bangladesh to cope with the impact of natural disasters like cyclones...

We use economywide models to examine the economic recovery from COVID-19 shocks in Bangladesh and Nepal during 2020–2026. Declining labor productivity, capital underutilization, consumption shifts...

In Asia and the Pacific Region, WFP provides a wide range of strategic and technical support and capacity strengthening services across 17 countries, with a view to improving the coverage, comprehensiveness...

Bangladesh has made significant progress towards zero hunger, and is expected to both meet high-level targets for reduced stunting and wasting, and graduate from the least-developed country category...

Policy responses to slow the spread of COVID-19 have increased economic insecurity globally. We use panel data collected immediately before and during the COVID-19 pandemic with adolescents...