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Food Prices Deepening Global Poverty

Since the first meeting of this every 10-year event in 1971, the number of least-developed countries has increased, and U.N. officials say the population of the world's 48 poorest nations is expected to double to 1.7 billion by 2050. [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Millions in Asia face poverty if prices surge: UN

Soaring food and oil prices could keep an additional 42 million people in poverty in the Asia Pacific region and threaten economic growth, the United Nations said Thursday. As regional economies continue to pick up pace in the wake of [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Soaring food prices threaten to push mlns of Asians into pov...

Resurgent global food prices, which posted record increases in the first two months of 2011, are again threatening to push millions of people in developing Asia into extreme poverty, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report Tues [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

High food prices keep millions in Asia-Pacific region in pov...

High food prices prevented more than 19 million people in the Asia-Pacific region from lifting themselves out of poverty last year, the United Nations said in a new study released today, warning that soaring food and fuel inflation will [...]