In New York in 1997 Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer, made headlines after beating the then world chess champion Garry Kasparov — to whom it had lost a year earlier.
The computer's victory fuelled heated debates about ethics and human limits, but also inspired futuristic imaginings of robots taking over the world.
Human components — such as labour, regulation and development — are bot
It is aimed at providing lessons and insights to help guide WFP’s positioning in relation to HIV and nutrition so as to improve operations at the country level and accountability to affected populations.
The evaluation concluded that:
The adequacy and performance of the HIV/AIDS and nutrition policies have followed two very different pathways, with nutrition now playing a central role in
Famine has been confirmed in a camp sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sudan’s North Darfur Region.
The declaration for Zamzam camp is a result of conflict, displacement and humanitarian access constraints.
Prior to COVID-19, close to 129 million children in the Asia and the Pacific region received school meals, primarily through government-led, national school feeding programmes. Due to COVID-19 school closures, many of these children stopped receiving on-site school meals.
A ceremony was held today at the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office to mark the contribution which will be used to purchase beans which, when cooked with rice or maize meal, will form part of nutritious meals served to children aged between two and eight years in 1,700 Neighbourhood Care Points supported by WFP across the country.
WFP delivers cash-based transfers to empower vulnerable people with choice to address their essential needs in local markets. This infographic shows the steady growth of WFP cash transfers over the years.
WFP delivers cash-based transfers to empower vulnerable people with choice to address their essential needs in local markets. This infographic shows the steady growth of WFP cash transfers over the years.