World Affairs Council Presents The Global Food Crisis: Why it Happened and What it Means

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Date:

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Time:

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Event Type:

Speaker

Organizer/Author:

Mary Dolan

Location Details:

World Affairs Council Auditorium
312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108

With added pressures from the financial crisis and spikes in global food and fuel costs since Fall 2007, the poor in the poorer developing countries are faced with losing much relied upon foreign aid and emergency assistance. Dr. Christopher Delgado from the World Bank discusses the context and causes of the global food crisis and the future for international development efforts for increased food security in the countries hit hardest.

Check-in: 11:30 AM; Program: 12:00 PM

Council Members: Free, Students: $5, Nonmembers: $15

For more information and to register, visit the Council's website, call 415-293-4600, or email info [at] wacsf.org.

For more information: http://www.itsyourworld.org

Added to the calendar on Wed, Nov 19, 2008 1:34PM

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§The World Bank is part of the problem, not the solution.

by Aaron Aarons (indy [at] aarons.f-m.fm)

Sun, Dec 7, 2008 12:29AM

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but the choir needs to sing a lot louder.

By the way, "developing countries" is a cynical euphemism for countries that are mainly developing more hunger, disease and social breakdown, thanks mainly to the "developed countries", their World Bank, IMF, etc., and their bribed local collaborators.

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