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.
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.
Strengthening disaster preparedness in Timor-Leste, the December 2024 SimEx tested national and local response capacities through a realistic flood and cyclone scenario. Learn what worked and what¡¯s next.
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 publication provides valuable insights into price changes for commonly consumed staples in Timor-Leste, helping readers understand local market dynamics. Tracking food prices is essential for informed decision-making, enabling readers to identify and implement targeted interventions where they are needed most.
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
This report reflects on Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s achievements in countering hunger and malnutrition across Asia and the Pacific in 2023, against a multitude of hardships.
The Food Security Alert Special Bulletin Timor-Leste is part of a planned quarterly series that highlights the urgent food security challenges that the nation faces as a result of the current El Ni?o event.
It charts the particular risks presented by El Ni?o in the light of Timor-Leste¡¯s current levels of acute food insecurity and its reliance on rain-fed agriculture.
It identifies a series of recommended actions as well as information from the field.
The report serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders to learn more about the cost and availability of nutritious diets in Timor-Leste.
The school feeding recipe book includes more than 65 different school meals made from locally sourced agricultural produce, grown, and raised in each of Timor-Leste¡¯s 13 municipalities.
The Food Security Alert Special Bulletin Timor-Leste is part of a planned bi-monthly series that highlights the urgent food security challenges that the nation faces as a result of the current El Nino event.
It charts the particular risks presented by El Nino in the light of Timor-Leste¡¯s current levels of acute food insecurity and its reliance on rain fed agriculture.
It identifies a series of immediate and medium-term mitigation actions covering operational readiness to procure at scale, augmenting the national grain reserve, ensuring safe storage and prepositioning of foods, supporting farmers with agriculture and water enhancements.
The Food Security Alert Special Bulletin Timor-Leste highlights the urgent food security challenges that the nation faces as a result of the current El Nino event. It charts the particular risks presented by El Nino in the light of Timor-Leste¡¯s current levels of acute food insecurity and its reliance on rain fed agriculture. It identifies six mitigation actions covering early warning systems, supplementing the national grain reserve, exploring drought resistant crops and more.
In Asia and the Pacific Region, Â鶹ÊÓƵ provides a wide range of strategic and technical support and capacity strengthening services across 17 countries, with a view to improving the coverage, comprehensiveness, adequacy, quality and responsiveness of national social protection systems. This brief provides a snapshot of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's social protection work in the region with an overview of the engagements at the country level
Short bulletin covering the regional context and implications for Timor-Leste¡¯s current rice import dependency in the light of global price increases, the expected reduced global rice harvest, and the impact of El Nino
