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POLICY & BRIEFING PAPERS

Rising Food and Fuel Prices – Addressing the Risks to Future Generations
Human Development Network (HDN), the Poverty Reduction and Economic, Management (PREM) Network, The World Bank, 12 October 2008

Policy Research Working Paper 4763:
Bailing out the World’s Poorest
The World Bank, October 2008

Global Financial Crisis and Implications for Developing Countries
G-20 Finance Ministers’ Meeting, São Paulo, Brazil, 8 November 2008

EDITORIALS & COMMENTARIES

OP-ED: The New York Times, 28 May 2008
The Rich Get Hungrier
By Amartya Sen

COMMENT: The Guardian, 4 June 2008
Harvests of Hunger
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram

USEFUL SITES & LINKS

IRIN (the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)
Indepth: Food Crisis – Status and Impacts

The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Food Crisis: A Global Emergency

Impact of the Economic Crisis on Children

Agenda:
• Day 1, 6 January
• Day 2, 7 January

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• Bios: Expert Speakers
• Resources

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