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Highlights: Economic crises take different forms and occur for various
reasons, such as political conflicts and pandemics. What all
these crises have in common is that they cause disruption...

KEY MESSAGES: The food crisis is growing and is highly exacerbated by insecurity, inflation and the adverse effects of climate change The 2022-2023 agropastoral season was generally satisfactory, but...

The Russian Federation’s war with Ukraine has triggered a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and threatened the stability of geopolitical relations. Economic output in the Europe and Central Asia region is forecast...

We use a 4-year panel (2019–2022) of 10,125 village councils in Ukraine to estimate effects of the war started by Russia on area and expected yield of winter crops aggregated...

The ripple effects of the war in Ukraine have disrupted energy and food markets. Among many other factors, supply chain disruptions and price spikes in key commodities...

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...

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...

The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates the increase in acute hunger following the Ukraine conflict. It models the pass-through of price increases on global grain and energy markets...

This briefing note by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition lists both short-term priorities to address the immediate crisis, and medium- and longer-term priorities to build...

The note explores the global impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine on food, energy and finance systems, with a specific focus on developing countries. The note includes policy recommendatons.