Because recent hikes in food prices could disproportionately hurt the poor, East Asian economies need to reinstate steps they implemented during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis to alleviate their pain, the World Bank's acting chief economist for the... ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Sat, Apr 12 2008
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