| AUTHOR | Nora Lustig |
| ORGANIZATION | UNICEF |
| TYPE | Working Brief |
| DATE | 2012 |
| TOPIC | |
| LANGUAGE | English |
After three consecutive decades of decline, world prices of food commodities have risen over the past few years at an alarming pace. Rising food prices are a cause of major concern because high food prices bring significant and immediate setbacks for poverty reduction, nutrition, social stability, inflation and a rules-based trading system. Food prices are unique since food is unlike any other good. Food is essential for survival; it is the most basic of basic needs.
