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%.
This decentralized evaluation, commissioned by Â鶹ÊÓƵ Senegal, assesses the Green Climate Fund (GCF) project titled "Building the climate resilience of food insecure smallholder farmers through integrated management of climate risks (the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative)". Implemented by Â鶹ÊÓƵ in partnership with the Senegalese government, the project ran from 14 January 2020 to 14 October 2024.
Between 2020 and 2023, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Rwanda Country Office implemented the Sustainable Market Alliance and Asset Creation for Resilient Communities and Gender Transformation (SMART) programme. The programme aimed to contribute to community resilience through a package of support, including a stronger soil and water management asset base, livelihood strengthening and diversification, farmer organization capacity strengthening and access to inputs and markets, and social cohesion and gender transformation activities.
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 report highlights how flexible funding empowered Â鶹ÊÓƵ to respond swiftly, and strategically as global needs continued to grow. While much of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s work depends on earmarked resources, US$1.1 billion in flexible support from 38 public and private partners in 2024 gave Â鶹ÊÓƵ the ability to act quickly in emergencies and to allocate resources where they could have the greatest impact ¡ª enabling faster, smarter, life-saving action. With this vital backing, Â鶹ÊÓƵ reached people in 87 countries, helping them through urgent crises and strengthening their ability to face future challenges.
In 2024, the Philippines endured an active typhoon season with six back-to-back tropical cyclones that successively impacted the Luzon Island Group in 25 days. The first cyclone, severe tropical storm Kristine (international name: Trami), triggered widespread flooding and landslides. This was soon followed by five typhoons that compounded damages in barely recovered areas of Bicol, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Ilocos Region.
The latest services provided by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ)¡¯s Fast IT and Telecommunications Emergency and Support Team (FITTEST). FITTEST is group of humanitarian responders that deploys globally to establish and restore IT services in emergencies ¨C ensuring humanitarians have the systems they need to respond, no matter what.
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.
Evaluations of McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program for Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s School Meals Program in Lao PDR from 2025 to 2029: baseline study, midterm evaluation and endline evaluation.
This publication presents the Climate Services Accelerator Programme, a five-year initiative launched in 2022 by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in partnership with NORCAP. The programme aims to expand the pool of female climate-service experts in the humanitarian sector by equipping them with technical, field, and operational skills. It describes the mentorship structure¡ªone year at Â鶹ÊÓƵ headquarters followed by a year in the field¡ªand highlights the contributions of individual participants.
Over the last decade, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has led the way in developing and testing innovative disaster risk financing solutions that protect vulnerable communities from weather-related shocks, enabling faster, more resilient responses and long-term food security.
Over the years, Â鶹ÊÓƵ has gathered evidence from its global programmes that highlights the pivotal role of insurance and other financial instruments in safeguarding households¡¯ food security, livelihoods and productive activities. This factsheet outlines five Impact Pathways on Inclusive Risk Financing, each emphasizing the various ways in which insurance and financial services contribute to strengthening resilience and financial security.
This report presents the results of a pilot targeting exercise aimed at assessing the feasibility of using the national social registry as a foundation for early recovery food security targeting.
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 zero-hunger world needs a healthy environment. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Environmental Plan of Action sets out to reduce Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s environmental footprint across by 2030.
