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The Integrated Food Security and Phase Classification (IPC): A review

The Integrated Food Security and Humanitarian Phase Classification (IPC) is a system for defining the severity of a situation (from 'generally food secure' to 'famine/humanitarian catastrophe'), based upon a wide range of indicators of the impact of a hazard event on human health and welfare (e.g. mortality rate, nutritional status, etc.). It integrates food security, nutrition and livelihoods information into a clear statement about the severity of a crisis with the aim of eliciting more timely responses that match local needs. It seeks to:

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Why social transfers: the economic case

This brief puts forward the socio-economic case for investing in social transfers. It highlights the benefits of predictable social transfers as a policy instrument to deal with poverty, risk, vulnerability and food insecurity.