Latin America and the Caribbean face the world's highest cost of a healthy diet while grappling with the double burden of malnutrition, which contributes to an annual GDP loss of up to 16%.
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.
This evaluation, commissioned by Â鶹ÊÓƵ offices in Colombia and Ecuador, covered all activities of the Building Adaptive Capacity through Food and Nutrition Security and Peacebuilding Actions in Vulnerable Afro and Indigenous Communities in the Colombia-Ecuador Border Area project, which was financed by the Adaptation Fund.
Through 12 case studies, this report examines how the Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) analyses can be leveraged to enhance the ability of national social protection systems in addressing the affordability gaps of nutritious diets.
This thematic evaluation, commissioned by the Regional Bureau for Latin American and the Caribbean (RBP), examines the work carried out by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Shock-Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) in the region from 2015 to 2022.
The evaluation has covered activities related to HIV-sensitive social protection conducted by the UNAIDS Secretariat and Cosponsors (referred to as the Joint Programme) from 2018 to December 2022, with a focus on nine countries selected for their broadness and diversity of the UNAIDS geographic scope.
Derived from UN and Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) standards, Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s strategic and policy direction on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) comes from the Executive Director¡¯s circular on PSEA, as updated in May 2023. This complements the direction on PSEA set out in Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s strategic plan for 2022¨C2025. This strategic evaluation assessed the efforts of Â鶹ÊÓƵ toward PSEA from March 2017 to October 2023 to understand what has worked well, and where efforts can be further strengthened.
This joint IDB-Â鶹ÊÓƵ publication presents the state of school feeding programmes in LAC as of 2022. The publication highlights the critical role of school feeding programmes for the region
This evaluation covers both the 2011 policy on disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) and the 2017 climate change policy, given their conceptual, programmatic and organizational links.
The evaluation was commissioned by the independent Office of Evaluation to provide evaluative evidence for accountability and learning to inform the design of the next Â鶹ÊÓƵ country strategic plan (CSP) in Ecuador.
The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has the highest levels of inequality and inequity globally. In addition, the combined effects of COVID-19 have amplified the food emergency and threatened to increase the number of food and nutrition insecure people in the region.
In response to this scenario, Â鶹ÊÓƵ's vision for nutrition in LAC integrates 3 main entry points: nutrition systems integration within social protection frameworks, evidence generation for informed decision making, and partnering for results.
We invite you to learn more about the current food and nutrition security situation in the region, and how Â鶹ÊÓƵ prioritizes nutrition as a central element of our operations.
The impacts of climate variability and change are already visible in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Â鶹ÊÓƵ is building the capacities of communities and governments to strengthen people¡¯s climate resilience and end hunger.
This corporate emergency evaluation assessed Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s response to the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 ¨C June 2021. The evaluation was conducted under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, including Â鶹ÊÓƵ in emergency mode; travel and movement restrictions; and the need to avoid unduly burdening country offices. Accordingly, it adopted a ¡°retrospective developmental¡± design, which focuses on providing evidence to support adaptation in dynamic environments.
