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The global struggle against surging food prices

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Rising food prices have been an ingredient in the instability in Tunisia that drove that country's president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, from office last week, despite his pledge to slash prices on food staples after deadly riots. The state of emergency in Tunisia has economists worried we may be seeing the beginnings of a second wave of global food riots. Find out more with Oliver Griffith, Head of Communications for Western Europe at IFC The World Bank group.


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