Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

Highlights: The growth of remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) slowed to 3.8 percent in 2023 after averaging about 9 percent over the previous two years...

Highlights: Zimbabwe’s economy has seen a strong rebound since the COVID-19 pandemic. While fiscal deficits are low, initial expansionary monetary policy had put...

The International Debt Report (IDR) is a longstanding annual publication of the World Bank featuring external debt statistics and analysis for the 122 countries that report to the World Bank Debtor...

Highlights: Chapter 3 of the report is dedicated to “ Food Commodities, Corporate Profiteering and Crises: Revisiting the International Regulatory Agenda”. The stark contrast between the surging...

Highlights: Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA) is slowing, with growth for the region projected at 2.0 percent in 2023 (down from 5.6 percent last year) before...

Highlights: 2023 has been a difficult year for activity in sub-Saharan African economies. The inflationary shock following Russia’s war in Ukraine has prompted higher interest...

Highlights: Losses and damage due to climate change are largely concentrated in the countries of the Global South. These are also the countries that need finance for climate transition...

Highlights The global economy remains in a precarious state amid the protracted effects of the overlapping negative shocks of the pandemic, the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, and the sharp tightening of...

The food price crisis is entering a dangerous new phase – a debt crisis that could plunge millions more into hunger. Facing structurally higher costs for imports...

The UN’s SDG Stimulus Plan, which calls for additional liquidity, effective debt restructuring and the expansion of development financing, has the potential to free up significant fiscal space...