This report presents the findings of a rigorous impact evaluation conducted by Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Office of Evaluation (OEV), in partnership with the World Bank¡¯s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) department, focused on anticipatory cash transfers in response to severe flooding in Bangladesh.
The decentralised evaluation of the FY24¨C29 USDA McGovern-Dole project will be conducted in three sequential rounds, including baseline (2025), midline (2027), and endline (2029) to assess progress and outcomes across the project¡¯s life cycle.
As weather-related shocks become increasingly frequent and severe worldwide, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has significantly expanded
its investment in Anticipatory Action (AA) to help countries proactively manage their impact.
This brief presents key outcomes from the Cross-Country Learning and Knowledge Exchange on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection, convened in Islamabad by the Global Task Force on Social Protection for Nutrition (GTF) and hosted by the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Government of Pakistan and Government of Timor-Leste with facilitation from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ). The South?South learning exchange served as a dialogue among countries committed to integrating nutrition outcomes into social protection systems. It built on the momentum of the Second World Summit for Social Development held in Doha on 4-6 November 2025 reinforcing the leadership of the Global South in shaping the nutrition-sensitive social protection agenda.
The terms of reference (TOR) aim to inform stakeholders about the evaluation, clarify expectations and requirements and guide the evaluation team in its work during the various phases of the evaluation.
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Bangladesh Country Office as the endline evaluation of the USDA McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition project in Bangladesh covering the fiscal years 2020-2024. The evaluation was carried out in 2024.
Nearly half the world¡¯s undernourished population lives in Asia and the Pacific. By the end of 2023, 78 million people in the region faced acute food insecurity.
This report highlights Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s achievements in addressing hunger and malnutrition across Asia and the Pacific in 2024, amid rising food insecurity, climate-related shocks and stressors and funding gaps.
A comprehensive and integrated nutrition SMART survey to explore the geographical disparities in the nutritional and food security situation within the Sylhet division of Bangladesh.
Annual Country Reports (ACR) are a key accountability document produced by country offices on a yearly basis which inform donors how their funds were used during the reporting year. Their purpose is to tell Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s performance story in an accurate, transparent and evidence-based manner by assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of our operations in our pursuit towards zero hunger.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is committed to scaling up Anticipatory Action programmes to protect more individuals before extreme weather events occur. This page showcases the Anticipatory Action activations throughout 2024, detailing the number of people reached and the specific anticipatory actions implemented in each country. These proactive measures aim to prevent or reduce the humanitarian impacts of predicted shocks, ensuring a faster, more cost-effective, and dignified response while protecting development gains.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Social Protection Implementation Plan for the Asia and the Pacific region outlines a vision for Â鶹ÊÓƵ's support to national systems from 2024 to 2028.
This document provides an overview of social protection information systems across Asia and the Pacific, highlighting opportunities for strengthening and innovation to improve data management, coverage, and programme efficiency in addressing vulnerabilities
Countries in the Asia Pacific region are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate-related events even though, historically, they have contributed the least to the climate crisis. The diversity of climate-related risks and hazards they face underscores the critical need for Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI) instruments which can help reduce the economic and human cost of disasters.
