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08 Feb 2012

WTO: Lamy: Address by the Director General, at the Economist conference, Geneva (08/02/2012)

It is an honour to be here with you today and to share the very timely preoccupation of the Economist — and participants alike — about global food security. Will we be able to feed the world...

17 Jun 2011

The Struggle for a Pro-Poor Food Policy in Guatemala (June 2011)

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The 2008 food price crisis had a devastating impact on poor Guatemalans, pushing an estimated 450,000 people into poverty. This was followed by a year of widespread crop failure and a subsequent...

31 Jan 2011

WTO: Lamy: Address by the Director-General, to the UNCTAD Global Commodities Forum, Geneva (31/01/2011)

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Date: 31/01/2011
Source: The World Trade Organisation
Title: WTO: Lamy: Address by the Director-General, to the UNCTAD Global Commodities Forum, Geneva

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22 Jan 2011

WTO: Lamy: Address by the Director-General, to the Berlin Agriculture Summit, Berlin (22/01/2011)

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Date: 22/01/2011
Source: The World Trade Organisation
Title: WTO: Lamy: Address by the Director-General, to the Berlin Agriculture Summit, Berlin

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10 Aug 2010

Daily podcast - August 10, 2010

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In today's podcast, SA braces for a major public sector workers strike; the World Bank urges countries to refrain from imposing policies that could trigger a new global food price crisis; and,...

04 Feb 2009

WB: Zoellick: Remarks by president of the World Bank at the 12th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union (04/02/2009)

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Date: 04/02/2009

Source: World Bank

Title: WB: Zoellick: Remarks by President of the World Bank at the 12th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union

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14 May 2008

SA: Van Schalkwyk: Sixteenth session of the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development (4/05/2008)

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Statement to the High Level Segment of the sixteenth session of the United Nations (UN) Commission for Sustainable Development by HE Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, Minister of Environmental Affairs and...

05 May 2008

Abolish world food body - Senegal's Wade

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The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is an inefficient money-gobbler and should be replaced by innovative foreign investment and assistance to help Africa end its food aid dependency,...

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