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The Yemen Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It also presents findings from recent World Bank...

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...

Hunger and food insecurity have continued to increase in the Arab region due to various factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 1 of this report will present the...

The inter-agency humanitarian evaluation (IAHE) of Yemen covered one of the largest and most significant humanitarian responses by Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) partners. The evaluation finds...

The Russian Federation and Ukraine are among the most important producers of agricultural commodities in the world. Both countries are net exporters of agricultural products, and they both...

Highlights: The IRC deploys a unique methodology to identify crises before they deteriorate. The IRC analyzes 67 indicators, including measures of fragility, economic resilience, conflict intensity...

This paper analyzes the implications of the Russian-Ukraine crisis on global and regional food security. We start with a global vulnerability analysis to identify most vulnerable regions and countries. The Middle...

This e-book builds upon the lessons presented in our earlier volume, COVID-19 & Global Food Security (2020). In that book, we documented the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Violent conflict is one of the main drivers of food insecurity worldwide because conflict disrupts food systems. Conversely, inequitable and unsustainable food systems can drive...