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Soaring food prices: response to the crisis

This report provides a discussion of the underlying causes of the dramatic increase in the world prices of staple foods, such as rice, wheat, edible oils and meat and overall food prices in developing Asia.

It evaluates the potential impact on developing Asia by examining the consequences for poverty and inequality and for macroeconomic stability.

The report also looks at the strategic framework and context for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) operational response to the food price crisis. It outlines ADB's short-term and medium-to-long-term operational responses to the problem.

 

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