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Despite the heavy toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sri Lanka’s economy and the lives of its people, the economy will recover in 2021, though challenges remain, says the latest...

Bhutan has managed to prevent COVID-19 from spreading domestically, thanks to stringent containment measures, including strict nationwide lockdowns. The economy contracted in fiscal year (FY)...

Agroecology increasingly has gained scientific and policy recognition as having potential to address environmental and social issues within food production, but concerns have been raised...

Human capital is considered the most important component of a country’s wealth. Although human capital development continues over a lifetime, the most important phase is the first 8,000...

This paper documents the impacts of COVID-19 on households across 34 developing countries, accounting for a combined population of almost 1.4 billion. It analyses the cross- and within-country effects...

The study examines the impact of COVID-19, as well as of floods and desert locusts, on smallholder farmers, food processor and dealers in the main crop producing regions in South-western and Central Kenya...

The map provides a visual and interactive display of completed and ongoing systematic reviews and impact evaluations in the sector of food systems and nutrition, structured around a framework of interventions and outcomes.

3ie evidence gap maps are thematic collections of information about impact evaluations and systematic reviews that measure the effects of international development policies and programmes. This present...

FAO-2021 This FAO report (2021) looks at the impact of the pandemic on fisheries and aquaculture food systems on various aspects (capture fisheries production, aquaculture production, post-harvest, market...

Poverty projections suggest that the social and economic impacts of the crisis are likely to be quite significant. Estimates based on growth projections from the June 2020 Global Economic...