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Sunday, April 24, 2011

High Food Prices in Asia-Pacific Keep 19 Million in Poverty « News ...

High Food Prices in Asia-Pacific Keep 19 Million in Poverty
Nearly 20 million people in the Asia-Pacific region were kept in poverty last year by rising food prices, according to a U.N. study.  The United Nations says governments in the region need to better control inflation or else millions more people could be impoverished.  The study says high food prices prevented 19.4-million people in the Asia Pacific from escaping poverty.The U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok says bad weather in key food-producing countries l..






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