Peter Timmer of Stanford University and the Centre for Global Development talks to Romesh Vaitilingam in this audio from VoxEU.org about the causes of high food prices – including the growth of China and India, dollar depreciation, biofuels and speculation – and the consequences – notably the renewed incentives for investment in raising agricultural productivity.
In another audio from VoxEU.org, Nora Lustig of George Washington University talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about rising food prices – causes of the recent increases and how developing countries and international institutions should respond.
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