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FAO report maps insights from and threats to Indigenous Peoples’ food systems

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FAO Emsden, C. 2021-6-25
Article on FAO report 'Indigenous Peoples' Food System, Insights of sustainability and resilience from the front line of climate change', highlighting that in the current COVID-19 context, Indigenous Peoples able to rely on their traditional food systems to generate food ...
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Updated estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on global poverty: Turning the corner on the pandemic in 2021?

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World Bank Group Mahler, D., Yonzan, N., Lakner, C., Aguilar, C., Wu, H 2021-6-24
Blog on revised numbers based on updates to global poverty data that occurred in March and June and based on the recently launched growth forecasts from the June 2021 version of GEP. The aim is to provide preliminary answers to ...
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Updated estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on global poverty: Turning the corner on the pandemic in 2021?

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World Bank Group Mahler, D., Yonzan, N., Aguilar, R., Wu, H. 2021-6-24
Article on revising COVID-19 numbers based on updates to global poverty data that occurred in March and June and based on the recently launched growth forecasts from the June 2021 version of GEP. The aim to provide preliminary answers to ...
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Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Africa

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Global Social Policy Devereux, S. 2021-6-1
Article on how most African countries implemented measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 during 2020, such as restrictions on business activity and travel, school closures and stay-at-home lockdowns for several months. These restrictive policies had adverse economic and social ...
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Global economic prospects

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World Bank Group World Bank 2021-6-1
Report on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its effects on commodity markets, supply chains, inflation, and financial conditions which have steepened the slowdown in global growth. One key risk to the outlook is the possibility of high global inflation accompanied ...
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Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition 2022: Urban food systems and nutrition – Launch recording, Key messages & Full report

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2023-01-24
Press release on the launch and key messages of the fifth annual Asia-Pacific regional SOFI report. The report’s highlights capture the challenges and system-level determinants of unhealthy diets in urban areas, both regarding undernutrition and overweight. It presents, among others, data on food security and affordability and the state of progress on achieving the global nutrition targets. The findings profile various urban environments, interventions, experiences, and opportunities to innovate at multiple levels to transform urban areas into sustainable cities. A link to the report's virtual launch event is available including the recording, key messages, and full report. View Source

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on diets, nutrition services & nutrition practices in UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR): Evidence from remote surveys

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2023-01-01
Report on the impact of the COVID pandemic on diets, services, and practices in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The report presents findings from remote surveys in six ESAR countries with data on breastfeeding, diet diversity, food consumption and insecurity, drivers of dietary changes, and disruptions to nutrition services. The survey provides important learning for the future use of remote methods for collecting nutrition data. Technical brief, pull report, and six country briefs are available. View Source

Economic shocks predict increases in child wasting prevalence

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2022-04-20
Article on the impact of severe negative economic shock on child acute malnutrition (wasting), a major risk factor for under-5 mortality. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) macroeconomic volatility is common, and severe negative economic shocks can substantially increase poverty and food insecurity. Less well understood are the implications of these contractions for child wasting. This study explores the nutritional impacts of economic growth shocks over 1990–2018 by linking wasting outcomes collected for 1.256 million children from 52 countries to lagged annual changes in economic growth. Estimates suggest that a 10% annual decline in national income increases moderate/severe wasting prevalence by 14.4–17.8%. An exploration of possible mechanisms suggests negative economic shocks may increase risks of inadequate dietary diversity among children. Applying these results to the latest economic growth estimates for 2020 suggests that COVID-19 could put an additional 9.4 million preschoolers at risk of wasting, net of the effects of preventative policy actions. View Source