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Chief Economist and Director of Analysis, Planning and Performance at the United Nations World Food Programme. Tweets are my own.

Aug 25, 2022, 17 tweets

International food commodity prices are retreating but simply not enough to dent food inflation!
Hundreds of millions of people remain crippled by the toxic combination of tumbling currencies and high food inflation.
See evidence ⬇️🧵
@WFP @WFPVAM @WFP_Media @WFPChief

1/15 #Lebanon

2/15 #Zimbabwe

3/15 #Venezuela

4/15 #Sudan

5/15 #SriLanka

6/15 #Iran

7/15 #Ghana

8/15 #Laos

9/15 #Ethiopia

10/15 #Malawi

11/15 #Haiti

12/15 #BurkinaFaso

13/15 #Pakistan

14/15 #SierraLeone

15/15 #Egypt

And many, many more!!! We are certainly not out of the woods when it comes to the consequences of the global hunger crisis of our lifetimes!!!

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