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Off the balance sheet: The impact of the economic crisis on girls and young women

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  • Economic
  • Gender and/or Agency
  • Health
  • Women and/or Girls
ODI, Plan Stravropoulou, M., Jones, N. 2013-1-21
Report examining the continuing and deepening impact of the economic crisis on girls and young women worldwide. Long standing economic trends, entrenched gender inequality and austerity budgets have all left girls and their families bearing the brunt of fewer resources ...
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The impact of the global food crisis on self-assessed food security

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  • Economic
  • Food Insecurity
  • Health
  • Nutrition
  • Other Crises
  • Women and/or Girls
The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank Group Headey, D. D. 2013-01-7
Article on the first large-scale survey-based evidence on the impact of the global food crisis of 2007-08 using an indicator of self-assessed food security from the Gallup World Poll (GWP). For the sampled countries as a whole, this subjective indicator ...
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Defining disaster resilience: A DFID approach paper

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  • Climate Shocks
  • Other Crises
  • Resilience
Relief Web DFID 2011-11-23
Article on process of helping communities and countries to be better prepared to withstand and rapidly recover from a shock such as an earthquake, drought, flood or cyclone. In 2010 natural disasters affected more than 200 million people, killed nearly ...
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Nutritional status of children during and post-global economic crisis in China

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Biomedical and Environmental Science Chen, C., He, Y., Deng, L., Jia, F. 2011-8-24
Article on impact of the global economic crisis on the nutritional status of children in China during and after the crisis. Methods Data from 1990 to 2010 were sourced from the National Food and Nutrition Surveillance System. Approximately 16 000 ...
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Maternal and young child nutrition adversely affected by external shocks such as increasing global food prices

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  • Food Insecurity
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  • Nutrition
  • Other Crises
  • Women and/or Girls
The Journal of Nutrition Darnton-Hill, I., Cogill, B. 2010-1-01
Article on past shocks and their known impacts upon nutrition. Price instability and increases have long been an existing global problem, which has been exacerbated by recent macroeconomic shocks such as acute emergencies due to war and civil strife, acute ...
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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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  • COVID-19 Pandemic
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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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  • COVID-19 Pandemic
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  • Food Insecurity
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  • Women and/or Girls
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