If no action is taken, fragile countries will account for 80% of the world’s poverty by 2030. Faced with these challenges, the importance of the private sector’s role in boosting economic resilience, access to employment and essential services, is more and more widely recognised.

Guaranteeing equal access to healthy and nutritious food for every human being remains a major challenge. To mark World Food Day on October 16, the 39th issue of Proparco’s Private Sector & Development magazine is devoted to food security.

The 37th edition of Private Sector & Development magazine, produced with the association EDFI, gives a voice to European development finance institutions and presents their responses to the crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.