To understand the impact of COVID-19 on rural women, we designed a longitudinal panel study with five rounds of phone survey data collection in Dang district in the mid-western region of Nepal. This note summarizes results from all rounds.
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Regional developments
As the coronavirus pandemic reached every corner of the world, countries responded rapidly with an array of policies to stop it, and then with social and economic policies to protect food security, incomes, and livelihoods.
Food crises and distress migration will continue to plague the African continent in the decades ahead unless massive investments are made to make the region’s agriculture and food systems more resilient.
2017 год был отмечен ростом неопределенности на фоне неоднозначных признаков прогресса.
The year 2017 was marked by increasing uncertainty amid mixed signs of progress. The world enjoyed a strong economic recovery, but global hunger increased as conflicts, famine, and refugee crises persisted.
2017年,全球在取得不同方面进展的同时,各种不确定因素亦日趋增加。尽管世界经济复苏强劲,持续的冲突、饥荒及难民危机却导致全球饥饿人口增加。同时,在反全球化思潮的冲击下,全球格局呈现出复杂多变的态势,国际贸易和投资以及人口与知识的流动均受到阻碍。虽然在过去几十年里全球一体化加速推进了消除贫困和营养不良的进程,然而随着美国从多项重要国际协议中退出、英国退欧以及许多国家反移民言论的抬头,全球一体化进程开始出现倒退。
The year 2017 was marked by increasing uncertainty amid mixed signs of progress. The world enjoyed a strong economic recovery, but global hunger increased as conflicts, famine, and refugee crises persisted.
Une incertitude croissante et des signes de progrès contrastés ont marqué l’année 2017.
The year 2017 was marked by increasing uncertainty amid mixed signs of progress. The world enjoyed a strong economic recovery, but global hunger increased as conflicts, famine, and refugee crises persisted.
IFPRI's flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2017, and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2018 at the global and regional levels.