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VJ VILLAFRANCA, Residents of a slum in the heart of Manila enjoys free rice porridge from Non Governmental agencies during a feeding program in the area. The country faces imminent increase in rice prices that will create a domino effect amongst the prices of basic commodities in the Philippines which is already considered one of the highest in the region.

Issue 42

This edition focuses on the global food price crisis of 2007 and 2008.

Including...

The implications of the food crisis for humanitarian response

NGO relations with the government and communities in Afghanistan

Latest papers and reviews

(c) Irin, One of the sellers carrying a baby and balancing a pumpkin on her head, Zambia, March 2007. Privatisation of the public and commercial sector has led to widespread unemployment in Zambia.

Network Paper 65

Food security and livelihoods programming in conflict: a review

Network Paper 64

Livelihoods, livestock and humanitarian response: the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards

Network Paper 62

Full of promise: How the UN’s Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism can better protect children

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