Topic: World Food Program (WFP) - CIAO Search Results

Author:: Thiago Lima and Jenifer Queila Santana
Publication Date:: 06-2020
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI)
Institution:: Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)
Abstract:: Brazil became one of the world’s largest food donors after the WFP went through a reform process. The reform allowed non-traditional donors to donate food provided that other partners paid for logistical costs. We analyzed the reform process through documental analysis and interviews to understand Brazil’s role in this. The results show that both actors had complementary interests. However, whilst Brazil had ambitions of prominence in this area, it adopted a rule-taker position. The WFP’s Secretariat was the main driving force in the process and, to some extent, co-opted Brazil.
Topic:: Humanitarian Aid, International Cooperation, Foreign Aid, Donors, and World Food Program (WFP)
Political Geography:: Brazil and South America

Author:: Ida Rudolfsen
Publication Date:: 12-2020
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Political Violence @ A Glance
Abstract:: Today the World Food Program (WFP) receives this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The award has been called happily uncontroversial, following last year’s prize, which was awarded to Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, for making peace with Eritrea. The current conflict in the Tigray region calls into question the durability of that peace. The award is also timely, as estimates show that, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a quarter of a billion people will face acute hunger by the end of the year, increasing from 135 million to 265 million.
Topic:: Food, Hunger, and World Food Program (WFP)
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Ida Rudolfsen
Publication Date:: 07-2020
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Political Violence @ A Glance
Abstract:: According to the World Food Program’s (WFP) latest report, the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to an 82 percent increase in global food insecurity, affecting around 270 million people by the end of the year. On June 29, the organization announced it is undertaking its largest humanitarian effort to assist an increasing number of food-insecure low- and middle-income countries. In a statement about the plan, WFP Executive Director David Beasley said that “until the day we have a medical vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos. Without it, we could see increased social unrest and protests, a rise in migration, deepening conflict, and widespread under-nutrition among populations that were previously immune from hunger.”
Topic:: Food, Food Security, Hunger, Pandemic, COVID-19, and World Food Program (WFP)
Political Geography:: Global Focus

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