Annex

Indicative criteria to select target countries and allocate financial resources:

• Poverty levels and real needs of populations

• Food price developments and potential social and economic impact:

  • Reliance on food imports

  • Social vulnerability and political stability

  • Macroeconomic effects of food price developments

• Capacity of country to respond and implement appropriate response measures:

  • Agricultural production capacity

  • Resilience to external shocks.

Indicative financial allocations to countries shall be based on the target country selection criteria and take into account the population size of the target country.

Account will also be taken of other sources of financing available to the target country, at short term, from the donor community, to respond to the food price developments.