The World Bank Group and the Global Food Crisis: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group Response

By: The World Bank

The unanticipated spike in international food prices in 2007-08 hit many developing countries hard. International prices for food and other agricultural products increased by more than 100 percent between early 2007 and mid-2008. Prices for food cereals more than doubled; and those for rice doubled in the space of just a few months. The food price increases were particularly hard on the poor and near-poor in developing countries, many of whom spend...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146480091X
• ISBN13: 9781464800917
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"