Food prices and inflation in developing Asia :  is poverty reduction coming to an end? / 
At head of title:  Special report 
Economics and Research Department. 
 - Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines :  Asian Development Bank,  c2008. 
 - vii, 37 p. :  ill., map ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> &quot;April 2008.&quot;  Incorrect ISSN 1655-5252 appears on t.p. verso.  &quot;Publication stock no. 041608.&quot;  &quot;This special report was prepared by a team led by William E. James.  Other authors include Shikha Jha, Lea Sumulong, Hyun H. Son, Rana Hasan, Muhammad Ehsan Khan, Guntur Sugiyarto, and Fan Zhai. Research assistance was provided by Juan Paolo Hernando, Pilipinas F. Quising, Anneli Lagman-Martin, Maria Rowena M. Cham, J. Salcedo Cain, Rhoda A. Magsombol-Miranda, and Eric Suan.&quot; 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-[37]) 
<br/><br/> &quot;The recent spike in global food prices and the short-sighted policy responses that accentuate volatility in prices threaten to push large numbers of people back below the poverty line--including many millions in developing Asia. Structural forces augmented by adverse cyclical events have put food prices on an upward trajectory that will not end soon. Unless trade is kept open and relative prices are allowed to reflect market scarcity, severe consequences will emerge.  In the immediate future, carefully targeted assistance to the poor will be essential--both in terms of food and inputs necessary to increase food production in the coming crop season. A reevaluation of investment priorities and feasibility of agricultural projects must be undertaken in light of these price developments, accompanied by stronger efforts to boost agricultural productivity growth in order to mitigate any longer-term rise in food prices.&quot;--Abstract. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9715616909 9789715616904 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Asian Development Bank.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Food prices--Asia.<br/>Food prices--Developing countries.<br/>Nutrition policy--Asia.<br/>Nutrition policy--Developing countries.<br/>Food industry and trade--Asia.<br/>Food industry and trade--Developing countries.<br/>Inflation (Finance)--Asia.<br/>Inflation (Finance)--Developing countries.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9016.A2  / F6495 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.8095