The World Bank, along with development partners such as the World Food Program, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, has undertaken rapid needs assessments in the field to better direct resources in response to the global food crisis. The following is the status of needs assessments undertaken by the World Bank.
Behind the Food Price Crisis: News, Multimedia & Reports √√ = Completed; √Ÿ= Ongoing; ♣ = Expected Country | Assessment Status | | | FIRST PRIORITY | | Afghanistan | √√ | Burkina Faso | √√ | Burundi | √√ | Central African Republic | √√ | Djibouti | √√ | Eritrea | √Ÿ | Guinea | √√ | Guinea Bissau | √Ÿ | Haiti | √√ | Honduras | √√ | Kyrgyz | √√ | Liberia | √√ | Mali | √√ | Moldova | √√ | Niger | √√ | Sierra Leone | √√ | Tajikistan | √√ | Togo | √√ | Yemen | √√ | | | SECOND PRIORITY | | Angola | | Albania | √√ | Bangladesh | √√ | Belize | √Ÿ | Benin | | Bolivia | √Ÿ | Cameroon | √Ÿ | Chad | | China | | Congo | | Costa Rica | √Ÿ | Cote d’Ivoire | | DR Congo | | DPR Korea | | Ecuador | | Egypt | √√ | El Salvador | √Ÿ | Ethiopia | √√ | Ghana | | Grenada | | Guatemala | √√ | India | | Indonesia | | Jamaica | √Ÿ | Kazakhstan | | Kenya | √√ | Lesotho | √Ÿ | Madagascar | √√ | Malawi | √√ | Mauritania | √√ | Mozambique | √√ | Nepal | | Nicaragua | √Ÿ | Nigeria | | Panama | √Ÿ | Pakistan | ♣ | Peru | √Ÿ | Philippines | | Rwanda | √√ | Sao Tome and Principe | | Senegal | √Ÿ | Somalia | | Sri Lanka | ♣ | Sudan | | Swaziland | √Ÿ | The Gambia | | Timor-Leste | | Uganda | √Ÿ | Zambia | √√ | | | √√ = Completed; √Ÿ= Ongoing; ♣ = Expected | |
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