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Highlights: The currently fragile food security situation is one dimension of a global food, energy, and financial crisis affecting every region of the world. Our humanitarian assistance...

Key findings: Internal displacement broke new records in 2022 71.1 million people were living in internal displacement worldwide at the end of 2022, a...

A global food crisis fuelled by conflict, climate shocks and the COVID-19 pandemic is growing because of the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine driving rising prices of food, fuel...

Countries in crisis requiring external assistance for food are expected to lack the resources to deal with reported critical problems of food insecurity. The list below covers crises...

5 critical steps for responding to a year of record hunger from the World Food Programme.

The world is grappling with catastrophic food insecurity and unprecedented humanitarian needs, fuelled by conflict, climate shocks, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The increasing costs of food, fuel, and fertilizer have...

The right to adequate food in emergency programmes demonstrates the relevance of the right to adequate food and related human rights standards to the work on emergencies and provides guidance on how to integrate...

The proposed framework for the WBG’s operational response rests on four interconnected pillars combining support to crisis response and long-term development. The WBG’s objective is to provide mutually re-enforcing...

Acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 20 countries during the outlook period from June to September 2022. Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen remain...

The wide-ranging consequences of the COVID-19 crisis have had a huge impact on the world of social protection. The importance of providing comprehensive and adequate social protection benefits to all has...