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The rice import dependency in Timor-Leste means that changes in international rice prices directly affect domestic prices. This short bulletin outlines the factors impacting rice price increases, provides a snapshot of the main Asian rice markets, and sets out key recommendations for action to mitigate the rice price increase factors on the people of Timor-Leste.

Market-based disaster risk financing solutions, such as macro insurance policies purchased by governments to cover disaster losses, can enable faster, more cost-effective and predictable responses to climate and disaster shocks.

A small white UNHAS Dash 8 airplane taxis down the rough tarmac of tiny Beni airport in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province, raising a cloud of dust on a sunny morning – along with hopes for this conflict-torn region. This is not just a routine flight. It is a lifeline.

For almost two years, Zaher, Aesha, Jamil, Aeda and Ghada woke up before sunrise and travelled to a reforestation site in Qaraoun, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.  When they began, the area was full of thorns, a few trees and brown hills.

WFP has completed its first round of food distributions to people impacted by the spread of conflict into Afar and Amhara regions. However, a lack of supplies due to various impediments to the movement of humanitarian aid still sees distributions in Tigray lagging behind.

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“The Government of Japan, together with WFP, continues to support the socio-economic development of our country, including the sectors overseen by the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic,” said Gulnara Baatyrova, the Minister of Labour, Social Security and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic.

WFP commissioned a qualitative study to generate evidence about the potential barriers hindering the socio-economic integration of refugee population in hosting communities as well as to reveal existing opportunities to organize and establish sustainable livelihoods for refugee and local population. The study was carried out in the regions of Kotayk, Ararat, Gegharkunik, Lori and Syunik, i.e.