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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...

Highlights on Food security: The Special Focus of the ‘’Fall 2023’’ ME’ analyzes the impact of the inflationary surge across the income distribution. It shows that inflation is substantially higher...

Highlights: Since the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, Togo’s economy has shown signs of resilience in the face of shocks but efforts to reduce poverty were frustrated and fiscal space depleted...

The Dominican Republic’s growth model has led to exceptional economic expansion, far exceeding the LAC average over the past two decades, but it is reaching its...

East Africa recorded strong economic recovery in 2021, but the pre-COVID-19 growth levels are yet to be achievedin most of the countries. The recovery momentum is now hampered...

Climate change is intensifying food insecurity across SSA with lasting adverse macroeconomic effects, especially on economic growth and poverty. Successive shocks from Russia’s war in Ukraine...

Despite an improvement in human development indicators since 2010, the extreme poverty rate in Zimbabwe increased steadily in the 2010s, climbing from 23 percent in 2010/11 to 30 percent in 2017...

COVID-19, along with surging relative hikes in food and energy prices, have affected every economy around the world. Yet the impact has not been uniform...

Climate Change and Food Systems: Transforming Food Systems for Adaptation, Mitigation, and Resilience Many promising innovations and policy approaches show potential to address climate change...