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• 2011 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Taming price spikes and excessive food price volatility
  October 2011. Klaus von Grebmer, Maximo Torero, Tolulope Olofinbiyi,
  Heidi Fritschel, Doris Wiesmann, Yisehac Yohannes, Lilly Schofield, and Constanze von Oppeln. IFPRI/Concern Worldwide/Welthungerhilfe.

• Urgent Actions Needed to Prevent Recurring Food Crises
  March 2011. Shenggen Fan, Maximo Torero, and Derek Headey. IFPRI Policy Brief.

• Five Steps to Prevent a Repeat of the 2007–08 Food Crisis
  October 2010. Statement by IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan.

• Mountains, Global Food Prices, and Food Security in the Developing World
  June 2010. Kamiljon T. Akramov, Bingxin Yu, and Shenggen Fan. IFPRI Discussion Paper.

• Economics of Export Taxation in a Context of Food Crisis: A Theoretical and CGE Approach Contribution
  June 2010. Antoine Bouët and David Laborde Debucquet. IFPRI Discussion Paper.

• Price, Inventories, and Volatility in the Global Wheat Market
  June 2010. Kyösti Pietola, Xing Liu, and Miguel Robles. IFPRI Discussion Paper.

• Rethinking the Global Food Crisis The Role of Trade Shocks
  March 2010. Derek D. Headey. IFPRI Discussion Paper.

• The Food Crisis of 2008: Impact Assessment of IFPRI's Communications Strategy
  December 2009. Ingeborg Hovland. IFPRI Impact Assessment Discussion Paper.

• Food security under stress from price volatility, agricultural neglect, climate change and recession
  May 11 2009. Joachim von Braun. IPC Spring Seminar Salzburg, May 11, 2009.

• Implementing Physical and Virtual Food Reserves to Protect the Poor and Prevent Market Failure
  February 2009. Joachim Von Braun and Maximo Torero. IFPRI Policy Brief.

• When Speculation Matters
  February 2009. Miguel Robles, Maximo Torero, and Joachim von Braun. IFPRI Issue Brief.

• Running Out: The Global Food Crisis
  January 2009. Foreign Policy Association. Great Decisions Television Series program featuring Joachim Von Braun.

• Fresh Solutions for Food Security
  January 2009. Webcast from the World Economic Forum.

• Food and Financial Crises: Implications for Agriculture and the Poor
  December 2008. Joachim von Braun. IFPRI Food Policy Report.

• International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment
  October 2008. Joachim von Braun, Shenggen Fan, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Mark W. Rosegrant, and Alejandro Nin Pratt. IFPRI Issue Brief.

  • Investigación agrícola internacional para la seguridad alimentaria, la reducción de la pobreza y el medio ambiente
    Octubre 2008. Joachim von Braun, Shenggen Fan, Ruth Meinzen-Dick,
    Mark W. Rosegrant y Alejandro Nin Pratt. Resumen Temático.

• Food Prices and the AIDS Response: How they are linked, and what can be done
  August 2008. Stuart Gillespie. RENEWAL Brief.

• Global Food Crisis
  May 20, 2008. Special Meeting of ECOSOC. Keynote address by Joachim von Braun.
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