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World Bank Offers $1.2B in Food Aid

Millions at risk of starvation

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted May 30, 2008 6:46 AM CDT

(Newser) – The World Bank is offering an emergency $1.2 billion in aid to several nations in a desperate bid to stave off starvation for millions of people, reports the BBC. The money is being offered to Haiti, Liberia, Djibouti, Togo, Yemen and other nations identified as at immediate risk from rising food prices. The bank will pour another $2 billion into agricultural programs next year.

World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced a $1.2B aid package to countries impacted by soaring food prices.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced a $1.2B aid package to countries impacted by soaring food prices.   (AP Photo)
A Cambodian boy eats rice in his classroom during a school breakfast, supported by the World Food Program.
A Cambodian boy eats rice in his classroom during a school breakfast, supported by the World Food Program.   (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Needy people queue to get free food distributed at a Shrine in a suburb of Islamabad, Pakistan.
Needy people queue to get free food distributed at a Shrine in a suburb of Islamabad, Pakistan.   (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
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