A world of hunger
David Blair & Ambrose Evans-Pritchard; 15/4/08
From the villages of Bangladesh to the slums of Haiti, millions of the world’s poorest people have been cast into even greater penury by sharply rising food prices. At a stroke, this swift and devastating change in the global economy - which has gone almost unnoticed in the rich world - has inflicted immense suffering.Rice is the staple diet in these countries and its price has doubled in a year. If you happen to live in Dakar or Port-au-Prince, this effectively means your already meagre standard of living has suddenly been cut in half. Riots and demonstrations have been the result in these countries and more than a dozen others in the past month.
See: http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/a-world-of-hunger/2008/04/14/1208025089456.html