Covid-19 immediately triggered food security concerns. Early in the pandemic, the World Food Programme estimated that Covid-19 will double the number of people facing food crises from 130 million to 265 million in 2020. The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Health Organization followed suit, suggesting that levels of hunger around the world could increase dramatically due to the impact of the pandemic on jobs, incomes and livelihoods.
In this policy brief, we set the frame to think about the pandemic’s impacts on food security by summarising evidence on the hypothesised causal links.
Our latest policy brief entitled “FfD4 as a Turning Point: Overcoming Challenges to Strengthen Sustainable Development Finance” examines critical pathways to reform global development financing mechanisms, analyzing key opportunities presented by the Fourth UN Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) and proposing concrete actions to enhance sustainable development finance. Authored
Published on February 4, 2025 ETTG Blog by Karim Karaki (ECDPM) and Niels Keijzer (IDOS) with the contribution of Damien Barchiche (IDDRI), Ben Katoka (IDDRI), Iliana Olivié (ETTG / Elcano), María Santillán O’Shea (Elcano) and Daniele Fattibene (ETTG) From 31 June to 3 July, Sevilla will host the fourth United
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