Arif Husain

@WFPChiefEcon

Chief Economist and Head of Food Security Analysis Service (VAM) at the United Nations World Food Programme. Tweets are my own.

Rome, Italy
wfp.org
Joined November 2015
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    Apr 30

    Checkout my panel discussion on Global Report on Food Crises 2018 Washington DC via

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  2. Jun 20

    Sadly 16.2 million people were forcibly from their homes in 2017. This means: 1,350,000 people every month 311,538 people every week 44,384 people every day 1,849 people every hour 31 people every minute

    Every 2 seconds, a person is forced to flee their home. 52% of around the 🌍 are children. On Wednesday's & every day, show you stand :
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  3. Jun 16

    Working to help turn war economies into peace economies! Economically, war may be beneficial to a few but peace is the real growth engine for all!

    VIOLENCE: The economic impact of violence to the global economy was $14.8 trillion last year — that's $1,988 for every person
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  4. Jun 12

    Checkout the interactive version of the 2018 Global Report on Food Crises. Excellent work !

    Dynamic online version of the Global Report on food crises now available. Explore our findings using graphs, video and animated images:
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  5. May 29

    I like the quote “The most expensive peace is still cheaper than the cheapest war”

    “What can we do? 1. Political will to address the root causes 2. Save lives with improved humanitarian access and financial resources 3. Change lives through women empowerment, education for all children and investments in rural infrastructure.” Arif Husain
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  6. May 23

    Great work to strengthen near real time river basins monitoring for better outcomes!

    We now have river basins on the data visualization! 35+ years of data for 5 of the world's major rivers. 📊 🏞️ 🔀 Visit the site at
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  7. May 22

    Over half the countries in the democratic-health index saw their scores decline! via

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    May 11

    In 2017, an estimated 124 million people faced crisis-level or worse, up from 108 million in 2016 – a trend driven by conflict and . A discussion

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    May 11

    "We are stronger together" . Chief Economist Arif Husain, and Nutrition Director discuss the benefits of our and and () teams working together to address and .

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    May 7

    "It's not about getting to , it's about staying at Zero Hunger" – Arif Husain on why matters. More on and from our recent event

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  11. Retweeted
    Apr 25

    A shortage of funding means we have to decide who gets food ... and who doesn’t. We ask for help so we don’t have to make that choice.

    WFP is forced to make tough choices due to limited funding. We've been reaching 3M people inside since Jan. - down from 4M in 2017. We need $650M till the end of the year to address food needs alone. is at to tell the world we must not turn away.
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    Apr 27

    Putting this in context: Humanitarian aid, done strategically and w/ a long-term focus can stabilize regions...most people tell us they do not want to migrate. Do humanitarian aid right, and the migration debate becomes a lot more peaceful!

    Isis trying to foment a wave of migration to Europe, says UN official
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  13. May 7

    Thank you for giving me the opportunity to discuss why good analysis is a must for launching relevant and timely responses!

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    How do we define and how best to ensure it? Some thoughts from Arif Husain. More from our recent event on
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    Apr 25

    “60% of chronically food insecure people in the world live in conflict zones. Unless we recognize that peace is far cheaper than war we will continue to pay a heavy price” during a briefing on link between hunger and conflict

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  15. Apr 23

    Humanitarian assistance is working in NE Nigeria! Yet structural difficulties like the insurgency continue to disrupt lives and livelihoods! A comparison between how people are coping today versus two years ago!

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    In , WFP distributions have scaled up from 160,000 people reached in October 2016 to 1 million a month in 2017. It is encouraging to see that, together with the government and our partners, we have made a difference. 🎥 ▶️
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    Mar 30

    Explore the at the link below:

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  17. Mar 30

    Hunger is no longer someone else’s problem, says WFP’s Husain

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  18. Mar 23

    Record-high food insecurity trends set to worsen in 2018 GLOBAL REPORT ON FOOD CRISES 2018

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    Mar 22

    "Hunger is going up and it's not hard to see why. We need financial support to help vulnerable people." - | 2018 Global Report on Food Crises. |

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    Mar 22

    Conflict driving hunger up: 80 million in 2015, then 108 million the next year, and now 124 million. A total increase of 55 percent. If we don't solve the food security issue, we can't solve the migration issue, the conflict issue, the stability issue.

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