Headey, Derek; Malaiyandi, Sangeetha; Fan, Shenggen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"The closely interlinked food, fuel and financial crises pose a significant new challenge to the global effort to reduce poverty. In short run, the oil-biofuels nexus was clearly the driving force behind the surge in food prices, but export restrictions and panic purchases turned a tightened...