Food Crisis - In the Press

In the Press*

November 2008
Date	Title	Source
17	ADB: Food Aid Well-Used in Cambodia	Xinhua
17	Food Aid Well-Used, ADB says	Phnom Penh Post
17	No Full Blown Crisis In Asia, Says ADB	Bernama
14	68,000 Poor Families of Cambodia Receive Emergency Food Assistance from ADB	Xinhua
October 2008
Date	Title	Source
30	$38 Million Food Security Program Launched by ADB	Phnom Penh Post
27	The Poorest Have Been Hit Hardest by Food Inflation	BBC News
23	ADB Urges Pacific Nations to Boost Reform Amid Global Crisis	Xinhua
9	Cambodia Gets $35 Million in Emergency Food Aid	The Associated Press
1	ADB Approves $500m Loan to Pakistan	Daily Times
September 2008
Date	Title	Source
16	ADB Warns on Asia Slowdown	Financial Times
16	ADB Warns Against Another Food Shortage in Asia	Xinhua
16	ADB Predicts Slowdown in Growth, Sharp Rise in Inflation for Asia	Voice of America
16	ADB Warns no Quick Solution to High Food Prices, Fuel Costs	AFP
August 2008
Date	Title	Source
25	Rupee Rally Can't Convince Mobius of Pakistan Rebound (Update2)	Bloomberg
25	Vietnam Inflation Hits 28 Percent, Trade Gap Grows	International Herald Tribune
25	Food, Energy and Climate Summit Slated in RP	Inquirer.net
14	Asian Inflation Can Undo Years of Good Work in War on Poverty	The Age
4	Bangladesh to Get $170 mln ADB Loan for Food	Reuters India
July 2008
Date	Title	Source
29	Putting a Lasso on Inflation	International Herald Tribune
25	East Asia Must Tackle Inflation	Financial Times
23	ADB Calls for Rise in Rates to Fight Inflation	Financial Times
23	ADB Cuts Growth Forecast for ASEAN	Inquirer.net
23	Prices of Food and Gas Take a Toll in Asia	New York Times
22	ADB Warns on Specter of Inflation in Emerging Asia	Forbes
22	ADB: Growth in Emerging East Asia Likely to Ease to 7.6 Percent This Year	International Herald Tribune
22	ADB Warns E.Asia Moving too Slowly to Fight Inflation	Reuters India
22	Bangladesh to Receive $1.3bn Food Aid	Financial Times
22	Struggling Economies	Bangkok Post
22	Inflation 'to Hit Asian Growth'	BBC News
21	ADB: Asian Economies Face Major Challenges Ahead	AFP
15	Surging Prices Force the Hand of Asian Banks	Financial Times
15	Thailand, Philippines may Raise Rates on Inflation	Bloomberg
14	World Food Crisis: Australia Drought Threatens Major Source of Wheat	Straits Times
11	Once Upon a Time There was Capitalism	International Herald Tribune
10	Tiger Trap	Time magazine
4	ADB says Asian Economies Remain Robust	Forbes
4	G8 Faces Pressure to Raise Food Aid	Financial Times
4	ADB Kuroda: Inflation "No. 1 Challenge" for Emerging Asia	FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market
2	Food, Cash Aid Help World's Poor as Prices Soar	Reuters South Africa
June 2008
Date	Title	Source
25	Emerging Asia's Growth to Slow to About 7%, ADB Says	Bloomberg
25	ADB to Raise Asia 2008 Inflation View as Costs Rise	Reuters India
17	Bangladesh to Get $200 mln Food Aid from ADB	Reuters
16	Why Asia Won't Save the World	Newsweek
16	Food Prices Threaten Asian Economic Stability--ADB Head	Inquirer.net
16	ADB's Kuroda: No Plan to Boost Emergency Aid Loans	Reuters India
16	ADB Warns on Asian Inflation	Radio Australia
16	Inflation a Big Worry for Asian Economies	Hindu
15	Inflation Dangers 'Threaten Asia'	BBC News
15	Inflation Threatening Asia's Poverty Fight-ADB	Reuters
15	ADB Urges Asia to Take Anti-Inflation Measures Or Risk Growth	Bloomberg
15	Asia Development Bank Says Inflation Threatens Asia's Growth	International Herald Tribune
8	Balance Between Biofuels, Food Possible, Say Energy Experts	ABS-CBN
6	Food Crisis Could Hit Pacific Hard	TVNZ
6	Inflation Soars to 9-Year-High 9.6%	Philippine Daily Inquirer
5	Food Prices: Hunger Strikes	Time
5	Energy Experts: China Not to Sacrifice Food for Fuel	Xinhua
5	No Ears?	Philippine Daily Inquirer
4	Death Watch	Inquirer.net
3	Food and Economics 101	Livemint
2	ADB Funding and Planning for Food	The Island (subscription)
May 2008
Date	Title	Source
30	More Wealth, More Meat: How China's Rise Spells Trouble	Guardian
30	Food for Thought in Rome	The Observer
28	From Producers to Consumers: How Rice Farmers Face Catastrophe	guardian.co.uk
26	The Looming Food Crisis	Gorkhapatra
25	Government Eyes $70-M Loan for Farm Sector	Philippine Daily Inquirer
20	Feast or famine or something in between	The Vancouver Sun
19	Bangko Sentral powerless against inflation, says ADB	Manila Times
18	High food prices forcing millions of Filipinos into poverty	Inquirer.net
18	Poor countries suffer as funding dries up for agriculture research	International Herald Tribune
15	Anti-poverty group to solons: Use funds for food sufficiency programs	ABS-CBN
14	Asia decides to raise farm produce	Times of India
12	Surging food prices bite across Asia	The Manila Times
10	Bangladesh says will buy record amount of rice for stocks	AFP
9	Rice price gains for fifth day	Xinhua
9	ADB warns of negative effects of high food prices on Timor-Leste, Pacific island nations	Xinhua
7	Ample grain to keep food prices stable	China Daily
7	ADB to provide $500M as immediate support to tackle food crisis	Forbes.com
7	Rice isn't oil even if some Asians think it is: William Pesek	Bloomberg
6	Greed behind food price rises: development bank head	Reuters
6	Rising Food Prices Hurting 1 Billion Asians, ADB's Kuroda Says	Bloomberg
6	Four Southeast Asian nations plan to discuss rice export cartel	CNN International
5	Solving Asia's food crisis	Wall Street Journal
5	Asia fears lost decade, unrest from food price shocks	Reuters
5	Asian bank warns food crisis could erode progress in fight against poverty	International Herald Tribune
5	ADB: A billion Asians at risk from soaring food prices	ABS CBN News
5	ADB discusses new strategies to fight poverty	China View
5	George Clooney Is Trumping Asia's Poverty Fight	Bloomberg
5	Loans to poor nations aim to stem rising food cost	The Age
4	Asian leaders issue poverty warning	International Herald Tribune
4	Asia fears lost decade from food price shock	Reuters
4	Asian Development Bank pledges aid to poorest of Asia-Pacific nations	International Herald Tribune
4	ADB chief opposes OPEC-style rice cartel	Xinhua
3	Japan's Nukaga Says Rising Oil Costs Pose Challenge for Asia	Bloomberg
3	Asian Development Bank promises food relief	ABC News
3	Japan Fin Min: Asia Balancing Growth Vs Damping Inflation	NASDAQ
3	Asian Development Bank announces emergency aid to cope with food crisis	The Star
3	ADB to provide fiscal support to help Asia-Pacific countries feed poor	China View
3	ADB to Help Support Countries Meet Rising Food Costs (Update3)	Bloomberg
3	Asian bank in food crisis warning	BBC News
3	ADB Donors Pledge $11.3 Billion to Region's Poorest Countries	Bloomberg
3	ADB meets, demands global action on food inflation	Reuters
3	Asian Development Bank announces emergency aid to cope with food crisis	International Herald Tribune
3	Soaring food prices in focus as Asian Development Bank meets	Khaleej Times
3	Singapore's Lee Says Asia's Buffered from Rice Price	Bloomberg
3	3000 attending ADB Madrid meet	Manila Bulletin
3	Asian bank in food crisis warning	BBC News
3	ADB to meet amid economic slowdown, rising food prices	Xinhua
1	ADB to meet amid food crisis, growing poverty	AFP
April 2008
Date	Title	Source
30	One billion Asians affected by surging food prices: development bank	AFP
30	ADB Annual Meeting To Focus On Soaring Food Prices - Official	FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market
30	Growth slows, Asia faces inflation shock: ADB	Financial Express

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