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Higher food prices may lead to 44 million children facing malnutrition

  • Writer: info27725
    info27725
  • May 9, 2015
  • 1 min read

"And, the World Bank notes that higher food prices in 2008 alone may mean 44 million more children “suffering permanent cognitive and physical injury” due to malnutrition."

Source: World Bank, Global Economic Prospects 2008: Commodities at the Crossroads, 2008, 12. Accessed on 2/20/09; http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGEP2009/Resources/10363_WebPDF-w47...

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