Experience shows that innovative and evidence-based approaches, when executed well, can dent poverty. With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to reverse hard-won global gains, the need for policy-relevant research, and for [...]
Acute hunger is set to soar in over 20 countries in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food [...]
"Despite years of warning of pandemic risk, many countries just weren't adequately prepared for an event of this kind." "it seemed a lot of the world sat and waited, and [...]
The world is missing a once-in-a-generation chance to rebuild a sustainable post-pandemic future, the United Nations said in an assessment showing less than 20% of recovery finance can be considered [...]
The COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented threat to development in the Asia-Pacific region that could reverse much of the hard-earned progress made in recent years. The good news is we [...]
An experimental study in 2020 discovered that the virus was inactivated when exposed to simulated sunlight for 10-20 minutes. A team of scientists is calling for further research into how [...]
This World Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting the opportunity we have to build a fairer and healthier post-Covid-19 world. For well over a year now, marginalised [...]
In Populations at risk: Implications of COVID-19 for hunger, migration and displacement, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) urged the global community to [...]
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Even though the food market is appeared to be fairly stable in recent times, the uncertainty alarmed the countries as they expect an increased food insecurity due to unprecedented threats [...]
Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) celebrated the International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021. This year’s theme is “Women in leadership: Achieving an [...]
