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The seventh round of research by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and WFP on the impact of natural hazards and high cost of living on food security and livelihoods in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. Natural...

The objectives of this Community of Practice are to i) ​Increase understanding of living income measurement and the income gap; ii) Identify and discuss strategies for closing the income gap.

This is an online resource from the Wageningen University & Research (WUR) dedicated to a “Living Income”. WUR aims to contribute to achieve a living income for the millions of people working in agriculture...

Highlights Although large-scale armed conflict has subsided, Syria continues to rank among the top countries in terms of violent death. Conflict undermines economic activity...

Key messages: ƒ Inflation is impacting people’s ability to afford basic food items and livelihood inputs. The economic impact on farming and pastoral livelihoods is having...

The price of food has increased everywhere, reaching historic levels in 2022. This is a challenge for food security globally, but particularly for net food-importing developing countries. And unlike in previous...

This paper explores how climate change, violent conflict, the Covid-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis combine to drive rapidly increasing levels of food insecurity. These drivers...

Highlights: The Global Risks Report 2023 presents the results of the latest Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS). Chapter 1 considers the mounting impact of current crises...

Global food prices have increased sharply since the start of the Ukraine conflict, driving up local food prices. The increase in food prices has destabilised and impacted access...

After two years of fighting COVID-19, the world economy has been left in a fragile state. Today, 60 per cent of workers have lower real incomes...