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- 1. How can Blockchain help to end hunger? @WFPInnovation @giovanni_pio1 Giovanni Pio Head of Global Change Management United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
- 2. The challenge of global hunger
- 3. 1990 1.0 bn 2000 926 m 2015 795 m 2017 815 m
- 6. 6 WFP GLOBAL PRESENCE The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide and working towards the global goal of ending hunger by 2030. WFP has been delivering life-saving food in emergencies since 1962. WFP is headquartered in Rome. We have a global presence that includes: • 84 Country Offices worldwide • 6 Regional Bureaux (Bangkok, Cairo, Dakar, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Panama) • A vast supply chain logistics network for a quick delivery of life-saving food assistance worldwide • WFP is 100% voluntarily funded and received a funding of US$6 billion in 2017 • With more than 15,000 staff in the field, we work with governments, local authorities and communities Russian Federation China Mongolia Kazakhstan India Australia Japan Philippines Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea Rep. of Korea Indonesia Papua New Guinea Malaysia Singapore Thailand Myanmar Cambodia Viet Nam Lao People’s Dem. Rep. Bangladesh BhutanNepalPakistan Afghanistan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Uzbekist an Islamic Republic of Iran Iraq Saudi Arabia Kuwait Oman Yemen Qatar Bahrain United Arab Emirates Syrian Arab Republic Israel Lebanon Cyprus France Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan Jordan Egypt ***Sudan Algeria Libya M orocco Tunisia Ethiopia Kenya Timor Leste So m alia Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Dem. Rep. of Congo Zambia Angola Madagascar Namibia Botswana Zimbabwe Mo zambique South Africa Swaziland Lesotho Rep.o fCongo Gabon Equatorial Guinea Sao Tome and Principe Cameroon Nigeria NigerMali Chad Eritrea Djibouti WesternSahara Mauritania Gambia Guinea Ghana Benin Côte d’Ivoire Central African Republic Guinea Bissau Sierra Leone Lib eri a Togo Mauritius Spain Portugal United Kingdom Germany Poland Ukraine Belarus Czech Rep. Italy Switz- erland Austria Hungary Slovakia Romania Rep.o f Mo ldo va Bulgaria Gre ece Albania Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Netherlands Sweden Norway Finland The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedo nia Croatia Bosnia and Herzego vina Slovenia Monaco Estonia Latvia Lithuania Russian Fed. Malta Gibraltar (UK) Irelan d Iceland Greenland (Denmark) United States of America Canada M exico Brazil Argentina Chile Bolivia Paraguay Peru Ecuador Colombia Venezuela Guyana Suriname French Guiana Panama Costa Rica Guatemala Nicaragua Honduras El Salvador Dominican Republic Haiti Cuba Jamaica Bahamas Puerto Rico Trinidad and To bago Guadeloupe Martinique British Virgin Islands Sri Lanka Maldives * Jammu and Kashmir New Caledonia Fiji Turkey Uruguay Malawi Cape Verde Belize Andorra Liechtenstein Greenland New Zealand Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean New York Washington D.C. Brasilia London Beijing Seoul Tokyo Berlin Copenhagen Paris Brussels Geneva Panama City Dakar Cairo Bangkok Johannesburg Rome Nairobi Burkina Faso Rwanda Burundi State of Palestine Addis Ababa Las Palmas Accra Brindisi Dubai Subang Brunei Darussalam Seychelles *** South Sudan Senegal Comoros Madrid WFP Global Presence Bangkok Regional Bureau (RBB) Cairo Regional Bureau (RBC) Dakar Regional Bureau (RBD) Johannesburg Regional Bureau (RBJ) Nairobi Regional Bureau (RBN) Panama Regional Bureau (RBP) Regional Bureau Country Office Rome Headquarters WFP Office © 2017 World Food Programme The designations employed and the presentation of material in this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WFP concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers. * Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. ** A dispute exists between the governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). *** Final boundary between the Republic of the Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined. March2017 Humanitarian Response Depot Centre of Excellence
- 7. 7 FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS Direct delivery of food to beneficiaries when local markets are disrupted. Food basket can be composed of rice, lentils, oil etc. or super nutrient food such as high energy biscuits, fortified rice etc
- 8. 8 PROVIDING CASH FOR FOOD PROGRAMMES (with vouchers/debit cards) By delivering cash for food, WFP is addressing hunger in places where there is food in the markets but poor people cannot afford to buy it. “Cash” for WFP involves physical bank notes, vouchers, or electronic funds being given to beneficiaries to spend directly
- 9. Benefits: • Boosts the local economy • Empowers beneficiaries • Increased dignity for beneficiaries • Cost effective • Supported by donors Cash based transfers have several limits: • High fees to financial service providers • Financial risk of insolvency • Sharing beneficiaries data • Reliance on vendor and lack of direct control over operations 60 119 183 507 844 680 880 1400 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 MillionUSD Axis Title Cash Based Transfer (CBT) Challenges:
- 10. Initial Pilot in Jordan Azraq refugee camp
- 11. Blockchain: Tangible Benefits Blockchain makes cash transfers more efficient, secure and transparent • Reduction of transaction costs • More secure transactions • No need to share beneficiaries data • Boosting digital financial inclusion • Inter-agency operability