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Food Crisis/Spring Meetings

World Bank Expands Response to Food Price Crisis to $2 Billion

  • The Bank expands its food crisis facility to $2 billion to provide immediate relief to countries hard hit by food prices
  • Since last May, the facility has approved $916 million worth of projects in 31 countries; with nearly half of the funds supporting projects in Africa
  • The number of undernourished is now thought to exceed 1 billion

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Regional Information                            

Blue ArrowAfrica: Niger Boosting Rice ProductionSlicerBlue ArrowEast Asia & Pacific: Price rise also affecting small food importers
Blue ArrowEastern Europe & Central Asia:   Face Slower Growth  Blue Arrow  South Asia: $130M to Help Bangladesh

Useful Links               

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"HIV/AIDS, Nutrition, and Food Security: What We Can Do"
(also in  French |  Portuguese)

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Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development:  A Strategy for Large-Scale Action (pdf 136kb)
blue box  Overview (pdf 634kb)
French | Spanish | Chinese
blue box  Brochure |  Webcast | Slideshow

Last updated: 2009-04-23


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