Vulnerable communities in the Arab world and MENA region face numerous challenges, including conflicts, resource scarcity, and inequality which exacerbate their situation. The COVID-19 pandemic, rising food prices due to conflicts, natural disasters, a... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Is Humanitarian Food Aid Enough to Tackle Food Insecurity in Yemen?
Francesco Di Bona - MA in Development Economics and International Studies, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
In crisis and conflict contexts, food assistance is used as a main form of humanitarian aid. Food insecurity can be tackled directly through food basket transfers or school feeding programmes, or indirectly through cash or voucher transfers, with the latter that can be redeemed in supermarkets. Lately, cash transfers have been on the rise as a humanitarian food aid measure. The World Food Programme (WFP) has been [...] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Yemen: Economy-wide impact of conflict and alternative scenarios for recovery
Lina Abdelfattah – IFPRI
This is a summary of a regional program policy note published by IFPRI titled “Yemen: Economy-wide impact of conflict and alternative scenarios for recovery”. [...] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Policy seminar: Exploring a cash transfer program’s impacts on malnutrition in war-torn Yemen
September 16, 2019 Katarlah Taylor - IFPRI Senior Events Specialist The war in Yemen is an ongoing disaster for its people. Over 80% of the population currently requires humanitarian or protection assistance, making it the worst such crisis in the world, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. With two thirds […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Emergency Assistance Requires Coordination: MAP YEMEN
Scaling Up Nutrition Yemen
Heidi Kandil, IFPRI Intern
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world. Nearly five years of conflict and severe economic decline are driving the country to the brink of famine and exacerbating needs in all sectors. An estimated 80 per cent of the population – 24 million people – require some form of humanitarian assistance, including 14.3 million who are in acute need. Severity of need is deepening, with the number of people in acute need reaching 27 per cent higher than last year. Two-thirds of all districts in the country are already pre-famine, and one-third face a convergence of multiple acute vulnerabilities. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
