The World Bank, more than 900 million go hungry, that is, one in seven people on the planet.
Global poverty increased the most disadvantaged now total about 1,200 million people living on less than $ 1.25 a day and about 44 million people around the world fell in 2010 in extreme poverty by rising food prices.
In Istanbul, where is the meeting of the Least Developed Countries (LCD in English), the executive director of World Bank, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Nigeria, explained that besides these, more than 900 million go hungry , ie one in seven people on the planet.
food prices have increased 36% last year, as reported by the World Bank in April, levels similar to the 2008 peak.
Something that contributes to rising prices is that, since January, the countries of North Africa and the Middle East have lived protests, compounded by dictatorial regimes that rule these societies. And everything is a string, since the riots taking place in an area rich in energy resources, frightening the markets in anticipation of a power failure, causing an increase in oil prices and therefore raises the price of food production.
(From Generacción.com)
