Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Country: Kenya, Somalia Dimming prospects of lasting solutions in Somalia and ever-shrinking resettlement slots have locked refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab camps in conditions of vulnerability and dependency. Dimming prospects of lasting solutions amid continued insecurity in Somalia and ever-shrinking resettlement slots have locked refugees in Kenya’s […]

Issue Post November 19, 2019 Some lessons from a life in food policy Shenggen Fan From a childhood in rural China to grappling with global food security issues, Shenggen Fan reflects on his decade as IFPRI’s director general.

Attention in Hong Kong continues to be focused on the city’s Polytechnic University, where an ever shrinking number of protesters remain holed up inside the besieged campus under the threat of arrest.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has officially designated the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University as a Reference Centre for antimicrobial resistance (AMR), FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific announced today. In the Asia-Pacific Region, this is the first formally designated […]

Drawing on case study research, we discuss the opportunities and challenges for countries managing the transition from aid.

A small number of protesters remain trapped inside a Hong Kong university campus that was the site of a prolonged battle with police into the early hours of Monday morning.

Germany has long been the powerhouse of Europe’s economy, yet growth in the country has slowed significantly this year. Exports account for nearly half (47%) of Germany’s economy and sluggish growth elsewhere, which has dampened consumer confidence, and an intensifying global trade war have seen Germany’s economy grow by a […]