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Bangladesh’s post pandemic recovery faces continued headwinds in FY24. Economic conditions worsened in FY23 as inflation increased and the balance of payments deficit widened. The introduction of a multiple...

There are few studies that rigorously assess how agricultural and nutrition related interventions enhance resilience and even fewer that incorporate a gendered dimension in their analysis...

Rapid urbanisation in the Asia-Pacific region is associated with complex changes to urban food environments. The impact of changing food environments on food purchasing and consumption and the diets and nutritional status...

Highlights: Bangladesh inches towards intensive farm mechanization. Locally manufactured farm machineries lack precision technology. Custom-hiring of machineries works as a...

Key messages With the new programming cycle for 2021-2027 now under implementation, the seventh progress report provides an opportunity for closure with respect to the EU’s ambitious 2013 pledge...

WFP launched its remote monitoring system (mVAM) in Bangladesh in July 2022 to provide near real-time analytics on food security and essential needs analysis across...

Levels of hunger in 2021 remain alarmingly high, with close to 193 million people acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries/territories, according...

Public food transfer programs serve as an important safety net for those facing hunger and food insecurity in both low- and high-income countries around the world. During...

We use pre-pandemic (2018-2019) data from the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS), together with three rounds of data collected by telephone in June 2020, January 2021...

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted social distancing, workplace closures, and restrictions on mobility and trade that had cascading effects on economic activity, food prices, and employment in low- and middle-income...