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Pandemic impact boosts Latin American food insecurity

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LATIN AMERICA

While the pandemic undoubtedly played a significant role, the situation also resulted from structural factors and was worsened by LAC’s high levels of economic inequality.

Slower growth may mar Latin America hunger advances

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LATIN AMERICA

Successes in hunger reduction in Latin America.

Ukraine will worsen existing Latin American weaknesses

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LATIN AMERICA

Although many countries in Latin America are net food exporters, the fallout from the war in Ukraine is set to have a serious impact on a region already disproportionately…

Cuba will struggle to keep inflation at bay

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CUBA

So far, state-sector price controls and price caps on food and private markets have prevented runaway inflation. However, producers are withholding goods or selling on the black…

Brazilian nutrition policies have wide application

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BRAZIL/INT

Globally, undernutrition remains stubbornly high, even as overnutrition rises: an estimated 800 million people are calorie deficient and around 2 billion experience micronutrient…

Egypt's social policies will depend on deeper change

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EGYPT

Egypt's social protection programmes.

US COVID-19 labour strike wave will grow

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UNITED STATES

Congress has passed three COVID-19 relief packages, which include payroll support for shuttered businesses to retain employees. Congress now eyes a fourth package to expand…

Constraints will undermine Kenya’s ‘Big Four’ agenda

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KENYA

Kenya's Big Four development plan.

UK economy will recover quickly amid vaccine roll-out

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UK

The fall highlights the economic impact of the second lockdown; the third, from mid-December, will cause GDP to fall in the first quarter of 2021. The accommodation and food…