Food Security, Price Volatility and Trade
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-40.0 -20.0 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0 140.0 160.0 180.0 Food Price Index in USD -annualIndex Trend Cycle -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Food Price Index in SDR -annualIndex Trend Cycle By Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla, Inter-American Development Bank Juan Francisco Ron, Inter-American Development Bank Issue Paper No. 28 ICTSD Programme on Agricultural Trade and Sustainable Development November 2010
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