Food and Fuel Crisis
IMF expects capacity to build only gradually (photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ANALYSIS
IMF Sees Oil Prices Staying High
FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT
Rising Prices on the Menu
Finance & Development, March 2011, Vol. 48, No. 1
Thomas Helbling & Shaun Roache
AROUND the world, poor weather has reduced harvests and driven up food prices, fueling inflation risks and hitting the most vulnerable. Floods in Australia, Pakistan, and parts of India have helped push up the cost of food, as have droughts in China, Argentina, and Eastern Europe. Energy prices are again on the rise, with likely knock-on effects for food.
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PODCASTS
Rising Food Prices Impact
Hunger, Poverty and Unrest: The Cost of Rising Food Prices
By Peter Jeranyama
Good Practices Protect Rwanda From Food Prices Spikes
By Agnes Kalibata,
Rising Food Prices and the Impact on Africa
By Shaun Roache
COMMODITY PRICES
Rising Food Prices May Be Here to Stay
Steady rises in the price of food since 2000 seem to be a trend, and not just the result of temporary factors, caution IMF economists Thomas Helbling and Shaun Roache in a Finance & Development (F&D) magazine article.
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