WB study blames Kenya for high food prices in Uganda

Xinhua News Agency;  June 18, 2008 ;     375 words ......Kenya for high food prices in Uganda NAIROBI...study by the World Bank said Kenya is...responsible for high food prices in landlocked...suffer higher food prices due to lengthy...released by the World Bank Institute this...component of food ...

World Bank Supports Food Prices Crisis in Djibouti.

M2 Presswire;  May 30, 2008 ;     314 words ......PRESSWIRE-30 May 2008-The World Bank Group: World Bank Supports Food Prices Crisis in Djibouti...WASHINGTON -- The World Bank's Board of Directors...to the Djibouti Food Prices Crisis. The grant...Claudia Nassif, World Bank Task Team ...

Rising food prices threaten poverty reduction, says World Bank

Xinhua News Agency;  April 9, 2008 ;     337 words ...Rising food prices threaten poverty reduction, says World Bank WASHINGTON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- High food prices are threatening...impact of high food prices, especially in...countries," said World Bank Group President...According to Rising Food ...

World Bank Plans Emergency US$ 10 million Grant To Ease Food Price Impacts...

M2 Presswire;  April 14, 2008 ;     389 words ......14 April 2008-The World Bank Group: World Bank Plans Emergency US...WASHINGTON -- The World Bank announced today a...unaffordability of food for poor families...million grant, the World Bank will support Government...Yvonne Tsikata, the World Bank ...

VOA NEWS: THE WORLD BANK- WORLD HUNGER GROWING

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 11, 2008 ;     468 words ......growing demand for biofuels. World Bank Food Prices report: http://www.voanews...WorldBankFoodPrices-vb.wmv World Bank Food Prices report: http://www.voanews...2FWorldBankFoodPrices%2Dvb%2Ewmv World Bank Food Prices report: ...

Rising Food Prices Threaten Poverty Reduction.

M2 Presswire;  April 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......PRESSWIRE-10 April 2008-WORLD BANK GROUP: Rising Food Prices Threaten Poverty...impact of high food prices, especially in...countries, said World Bank Group President...According to Rising Food Prices: Policy Options and World Bank Response, ...

Donors urged to support countries affected by surging food prices

Xinhua News Agency;  April 13, 2008 ;     386 words ......affected by surging food prices WASHINGTON, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank and the International...by the surging food prices. "We urged donors...from energy and food prices." "We welcomed the call by the World Bank President to the...progress," said ...

IMF, World Bank chiefs warn of food shortages, inflation pressure

Xinhua News Agency;  April 10, 2008 ;     220 words ...IMF, World Bank chiefs warn of food shortages, inflation pressure...International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank warned Thursday that surging...food shortages in the developing world and prompting a new round of...It's a key concern." He said food prices have ...

Shortages: IMF and World Bank to take charge.(Business Report Weekend)

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  April 27, 2008 ;     272 words ...BYLINE: Wiseman Khuzwayo World Bank president Robert Zoellick this...announcement that he intended to put the food crisis on the agenda of the Group...International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to address soaring food prices. In his letter to Fukuda, Brown...growing. ...

REP. WATERS HELPS LAUNCH WORLD BANK CAUCUS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 16, 2008 ;     395 words ......strong supporter of World Bank funding and a critic of World Bank policies throughout...1999, I urged the World Bank, along with other...the progress of the World Bank's debt relief initiatives...these programs. The World Bank should be truly proud...to ...

Biofuels force food prices rise by 75 percent: World Bank report

Xinhua News Agency;  July 5, 2008 ;     423 words ...Biofuels force food prices rise by 75 percent: World Bank report LONDON...A secret World Bank report has shown...forced world food prices up by 75 percent...policy. The World Bank estimated that rising food prices have plunged...

Roundup: Jumping food prices hit world poorest

Xinhua News Agency;  April 23, 2008 ;     597 words ...Roundup: Jumping food prices hit world poorest WASHINGTON, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Experts expect world food prices to rise even further and it may constitute...in an article published Monday that high food prices are a serious humanitarian concern. "They...percent so far ...

VOA NEWS: WORLD BANK WARNS HIGH FOOD PRICES COULD REVERSE FIGHT AGAINST...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 9, 2008 ;     212 words ...The Voice of America issued the following story: World Bank President Robert Zoellick is warning that high food prices could wipe out hard-won gains against poverty and malnutrition. Zoellick says in a new World Bank report issued Wednesday that people in poor urban areas and low-income ...

RISING FOOD PRICES THREATEN POVERTY REDUCTION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......impact of high food prices, especially...countries," said World Bank Group President...to Rising Food Prices: Policy Options and World Bank Response...facing higher food prices but also higher...Leipziger, World Bank Group Vice...

African, int'l organization leaders reaffirm resolve to tackle high food...

Xinhua News Agency;  May 29, 2008 ;     488 words ......resolve to tackle high food prices YOKOHAMA, Japan, May...impacts of global high food prices. In a meeting chaired...and long-term. Global food prices are expected to remain...Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Food Program (WFP) and the World Bank. ...