Senior Researcher on Inequality and Poverty @hrw, PhD from @TheNewSchool
Aug 4, 2022 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Last week, the @WorldBank released a global food security update.
All the🔴red on the map = bad news: food inflation remains high in almost all low-& middle-income countries, the share of high-income countries w high inflation increased.
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Countries with the highest nominal food inflation (year-to-year) as listed in the report:
- Lebanon 332%
- Zimbabwe 255%
- Venezuela 155%
- Turkey 94%
- Iran 86%
- Sri Lanka 80%
- Argentina 66%
- Suriname 55%
- Ethiopia 38%
- Moldova 34%
