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The world financial, food and hunger crisis 2009 and 2008
The world food crisis has been replaced in large part by the world financial crisis. Both crises have resulted principally by the operation of the world economic system and have great impact on people who are poor and hungry. We now add articles to this page that describe the financial crisis, its impact on developing countries, and its impact on poor people. This page is divided into three parts, 2009 articles on the crisis in the United States, 2009 articles on the world crisis, and 2008 articles on the world crisis.
Shane Palmer, right, kisses his fiancé, Maria Maior outside the storage unit they are living in with her 12-year-old son in a northwest Chicago suburb. The family of three splits time between their storage unit and motels following a job loss and a string of bad luck. Photo: David Pierini/ ChicagoTribune
Homeless students: increasingly, families taking shelter anywhere they can Bonnie Miller Rubin Chicago Tribune October 28, 2009 See more videos and pictures on hunger and poverty in the United States.
Clinton Anchors, 18, in Medford, Ore., has been on his own,
living in the streets and camping in the woods since he was 12. Photo: Monica
Almeida/The New York Times
Recession drives surge in youth runaways Ian Urbina New York Times October 5, 2009 How teens in Medford Oregon who have left home get by (video) See more videos and pictures on hunger and poverty in the United States.
As unemployment rises, Obama aides consider 'safety net' options Jackie Calmes New York Times October 5, 2009
After losing their jobs, Scott and Kelly Nichols watched their finances and options dwindle, eventually making the tough decision to move their family to Kelly's mother's basement in Michigan. Photo: Washington Post See article for further pictures
For many Americans, nowhere to go but down Paul Schwartzman Washington Post August 5, 2009
Unemployment insurance is about to end for 1.5 million Americans, for many their last bulwark against foreclosures and destitution Eric Eckholm New York Times August 1, 2009
Steven Sullivan, right, was given a job with the Tennessee Department of Transportation after Perry County received federal stimulus money. Photo: Josh Anderson/New York Times
US stimulus package actually creates jobs in one Tennessee county through use of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) funds--jobless rate drops to 22 percent Michael Cooper New York Times July 27, 2009
Jobless checks for millions delayed as states struggle Jason DeParle New York Times July 23, 2009
The Maldonado family had been living without gas, electricity or hot water, but did not move out until the school year ended. Photo: Rob Bennett/New York Times
Summer brings a wave of homeless families Julie Bosman New York Times July 7, 2009
Too poor to make the news Barbara Ehrenreich New York Times June 13, 2009
Nearly 20 million students now receive free or low cost school lunches, an all time high. Many school districts struggle to cover their share of the meal's rising costs. Peter Eisler and Elizabeth Weise USA TODAY June 11, 2009
A foreclosed home on Barclay Street in Baltimore. The city is
suing Wells Fargo Bank over its mortgage lending practices in black
neighborhoods. Photo: Matt Roth/New York Times
Wells Fargo bank accused of pushing high-interest subprime mortgages on African Americans in Baltimore Michael Powell New York Times June 6, 2009
Video: Homeless victims of credit crunch Across the US, a new generation of homeless has been created by the credit crunch. Families have lost their homes, and with no safety net, more and more are entering the shelter system. Dumeetha Luthra went to the Bronx and followed Kara Gonzalez and her five children as they move to their third shelter since losing their home last June. Dumeetha Luthra BBC News
Time is money, and both are in short supply: Quintin Strange, left, and Kenneth Thomas say they've cut back their weekly laundering to every third week because of the recession. Photo: Lois Raimondo/Washington Post)
It's expensive to be poor! No car, no washing machine, no checking account and no break from fees and high prices! DeNeen L. Brown Washington Post May 18, 2009
The global financial crisis and its effect on poor people in the United States (shunted aside in times of prosperity and even more during recession) Lane Vanderslice Hunger Notes May 17, 2009
One location where a Chicago food bank is helping feed people that need food. Photo: BBC
See complete videoPoverty hits African Americans hard BBC News April 23, 2009 See video
One in 50 children now homeless Cynthia Hubert Sacramento Bee March 10, 2009
US downturn dragging world into recession Anthony Faiola Washington Post March 9, 2009
Texas Gov. Rick Perry rejects stimulus money for jobless claims, citing unacceptable rule changes that would broaden who may receive unemployment benefits US unemployment rate leaps to 8.1 percent--highest since 1983 Neil Irwin and Annys Shin Washington Post March 7, 2009 Both parties love big government: Ronald Reagan increased government spending by 69 percent, Bill Clinton by 32 percent, and George W. Bush by 68 percent Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers March 5, 2007 Obama's budget: taxing for fairness or class warfare? Maura Reynolds Los Angeles Times February 28, 2009 Battle lines quickly set over planned policy shifts: budget, in addition to addressing financial crisis, also marks largest ideological swing since Reagan era Lori Montgomery Washington Post March 1, 2009 Economy shrinks at staggering rate Annys Shin and Neil Irwin Washington Post February 28, 2009
The world food crisis: what is behind it and what we can do? Eric Holt-Giménez Food First October 23, 2009
Who is to blame for rising hunger? Al Jazeera September 21, 2009 (Video) (Inside Story presenter Maryam Nemazee discusses with Bettina Luescher, a spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme, Christina Schiavoni, a co-director of Global Movement at whyhunger.org and an organizer at the US working group on the global food crisis, and Firoze Manji, the founder and executive director of Fahamu, an African social justice network.) See Hunger Notes special report: The world financial, food, and hunger crisis
The global food price crisis: a critique of orthodox perspectives Walden Bello Focus on the Global South June 28, 2009
Economic crisis could last years Al Jazeera June 25, 2009 More financial, food, and hunger crisis stories
Bumper crop, but Zimbabwe hungry BBC News June 25, 2009 More Zimbabwe stories
One billion people throughout the world suffer from hunger, a figure which has increased by 100 million because of the global financial crisis, UN says BBC News June 19, 2009
High food prices force Kenyan slum dwellers to go hungry IRIN May 27, 2009
The real hunger crisis--persistent poverty in rural Africa and South Asia Robert Paarlberg Foreign Affairs May 24, 2009
Tanzania's ruling elite neglect agriculture and poor farmers Ng’wanza Kamata University of Dar es Salaam May 24, 2009
Food prices remain high in developing countries Food and Agriculture Organization April 23, 2009
A boy stands in parched corn field near Harare, Zimbabwe. Photo: Associated Press
Could food shortages bring down civilization? The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse. Lester Brown Scientific American May 2009
The Indian-owned Konkola Copper Mines in Zambia employs more than 12,000 people, but it plans to lay off nearly 1,100 to cut costs. The mining industry employs 10 percent of Zambia's workforce. Photo: Karin Brulliard/Washington Post)
Zambia's copper belt reels from global crisis--downturn in commodities trade leads to devastating mine closures Karin Brulliard Washington Post March 25, 2009
Malnutrition in India is worse than in many African nations, stunting the growth of children like this girl in Shivpuri, photographed in November 2008. Photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
As Indian growth soars, child hunger persists Somni Sengupta New York Times March 13, 2009 India struggles with hunger Nancy Donaldson and Ruth Fremson New York Times (Audio slide show) (Among other virtues, an excellent brief description of how hunger affects children.)
US downturn dragging world into recession Anthony Faiola Washington Post March 9, 2009
CIA adds global financial crisis to daily threat updates for President Obama: growing CIA belief that economic meltdown is now principal security threat Joby Warrick Washington Post February 26, 2009
First salvos of trade wars as worldwide recession deepens Anthony Faiola Washington Post February 1, 2009
Mary Mwelu, 90, had not had a meal in two days when this picture was taken on 20 January 2009 due to a food crisis that has gripped Kenya Photo: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
Kenya: belt tightening as hunger spreads--causes include violence, high world food prices, and drought IRIN January 21, 2009
The world financial, food and hunger crisis Lane Vanderslice Hunger Notes (Updated November 11, 2008)
Behind Latin America's food crisis Laura Carlsen Center for International Policy May 19, 2008
The Washington Post has an excellent series
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The new economics of hunger Anthony Faiola Washington Post April 27, 2008
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Where every meal Is a sacrifice: Mauritania, and much of Africa, relies on imported food and, as trade breaks down, destitute people face tough choices Anthony Faiola Washington Post April 28, 2008
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Emptying the breadbasket: for decades, wheat was king on the Great Plains and prices were low everywhere--those days are over Dan Morgan Washington Post April 29, 2008
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Siphoning off corn to fuel our cars: as farmers feed ethanol plants, a costly link is forged between food and oil Steven Mufson Washington Post April 30, 2008
The Administration and Congress mobilize to bail out giant financial institutions, but no rescue for the hungry Joel Berg Washington Post September 29, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Water everywhere, and not a drop to grow Colin Chartres BBC News August 20, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
How the
World Bank, IMF and WTO destroyed African agriculture
Walden Bello
Foreign Policy In Focus July 20, 2008
The principles of food security Yash Tandon South Centre June 25, 2008
The World Bank, IMF, and the US and other developed country governments are 'shocked, shocked' by the global food and hunger crisis: is this cluelessness or dishonesty? Lane Vanderslice Hunger Notes April 18, 2008
Wealthy countries seek land in Cambodia, Madagascar, and Brazil David Montero Christian Science Monitor December 22, 2008
World leaders vow joint push to aid economy--tougher decisions on global financial regulation put off Mark Landler New York Times November 15, 2008
World leaders meet to address global financial crisis. DC summit marks historic shift, with the inclusion of leaders of developing nations. Anthony Faiola and Glenn Kessler Washington Post November 10, 2008
Pakistan asks IMF for $7.6 billion rescue loan BBC News November 15, 2008
Ariana Eunjung Cha and Maureen Fan Washington Post November 10, 2008
For those making $2 a day, it might get worse
Developing countries want new role in the world financial and economic system (due to much larger economies, the US/international corporation-caused financial crisis, and being shut out from larger role by previous intransigence on the part of the US and other developed countries) BBC News November 9, 2008
Economic crisis threatens to destabilize developing countries--distress could push millions below the poverty line and create unrest Paul Richter Los Angeles Times October 27, 2008
Financial meltdown worsens food crisis Ariana Eunjung Cha and Stephanie McCrummen Washington Post October 26, 2008
A vendor lay smoking amid bags of potatoes in Shanxi Province, China, this month as he awaited customers. Potato production has sharply risen in China. Photo: Reuters
Increased potato production recommended for food self-sufficiency Elisabeth Rosenthal The New York Times October 25, 2008
Fearing a drought of aid Dan Eggen and Anthony Faiola Washington Post October 22, 2008
Foreign fields: rich states look beyond their borders for fertile soil Javier Blas and Andrew England Financial Times August 19, 2008 UN warns of food 'neo-colonialism' Javier Blas Financial Times August 20, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Brazil's farms see quiet revolution Gary Duffy BBC News August 18, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Millions eating food grown with polluted water, says UN report says. Study of 53 cities across the world finds 'widespread' use of waste water contaminated with heavy metals and sewage John Vidal The Guardian August 18, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
People line up along a rural road as they wait to be examined at a Doctors Without Borders outreach clinic in Tunto, southern Ethiopia. The country has been grappling with drought as well as a global food crisis that has raised prices. Photo: Siegfried Modola/AFP/Getty Images
Ethiopia's population has nearly doubled since 1985--now, 14 million need help as another food crisis sets in Rick Hampson USA Today August 18, 2008 Ethiopia faces a new food crisis Edmund Sanders Los Angeles Times August 5, 2008
India had 2.1 million child deaths in 2006--more than any other country. Photo: BBC News
UN warning on India child health: the world will fail to reach millennium development goals unless India improves its record on health and child protection BBC News August 6, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
An assessment by World Food Program officials last month found millions of North Koreans were "slipping toward precarious hunger levels. The last time hunger was so deep and so widespread in parts of the country was in the late 1990s." Photo: AFP
UN warns on North Korea food shortage BBC News July 29, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
In Africa, one family's struggle with the global food crisis Kevin Sullivan Washington Post July 20, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Cereals for sale in the central market of Kabul, Afghanistan. Due to high food prices, most people cannot afford regular daily meals. Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
Humanitarians cool on G8 summit response to food crisis IRIN News July 11, 2008
Secret World Bank report: biofuel caused world food crisis Aditya Chakrabortty The Guardian July 5, 2008
About 50 million more people hungry in 2007 due to high food prices Food and Agriculture Organization July 3, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Harsh grip of famine threatens millions in Ethiopia and Somalia Stephanie McCrummen Washington Post July 2, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
US wheat begins new aid to North Korea, with greater monitoring Blaine Harden Washington Post July 1, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Hoarding nations drive food costs ever higher Keith Bradsher and Andrew Martin New York Times June 30, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Palm oil is one of the biofuels stirring controversy. Photo: AFP
Biofuel use increasing poverty, Oxfam report says BBC News June 25, 2008 (You will leave this site.) See full report
Migrant workers thresh wheat in the Indian state of Punjab. Between 1968 and 1998 production of cereal grains more than doubled in India, and rural poverty rates were cut in half. But in the last 10 years the gains in production have leveled off as a growing population has increased the demand for food and as Indian society has become more affluent. Now, India can no longer feed itself and has been importing food, including seven million tons of wheat in the last two years. Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
In fertile India, growth outstrips agriculture Somini Sengupta New York Times June 22, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Zimbabwe: five million people will require food assistance, FAO/WFP says IRIN June 11, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Roshni weighs 6.3 lbs.-- her weight should be more like 10 lbs. About 60 percent of children in India's Madhya Pradesh state are malnourished. Photo: BBC
Malnutrition getting worse in India Damian Grammaticas BBC News June 10, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Although there will be a crop this year, there is little food due to past drought. In every Ethiopian village visited there were vulnerable children, many with distended stomachs, one sign of extreme hunger. Photo: BBC
Desperation as Ethiopia's hunger grows Gavin Hewitt BBC News June 8, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Leaders speak of their own issues at a conference addressing world food shortages Elisabeth Rosenthal and Andrew Martin New York Times June 4, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
UN sets out food crisis measures BBC News June 3, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
FAO report expects agricultural commodity prices to remain high Food and Agricultural Organization May 29, 2008
International efforts to reduce hunger have been insufficient, US Government Accountability Office says Anthony Faiola Washington Post May 29, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) See the GAO report.
Rising prices hit home for food stamp recipients Chris L. Jenkins Washington Post May 27, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) In 2006, working people were 41 percent of people receiving food stamps, up from 31 percent 10 years earlier--number of eligible working people continues to grow Richard Wolf USA TODAY May 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Relief in Manila after Japan agrees to sell rice: while Philippines battles shortage, Japan has surplus of unwanted imports Carmela Cruz and Blaine Harden Washington Post May 27, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Mexico's poor get food cash boost BBC News May 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
On a road near Pyapon, in an area of Myanmar ravaged by a cyclone, people waited on Sunday for aid from Burmese civilians. Photo: NYT
Burma's cyclone survivors still waiting for food New York Times May 26, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Burma's rice harvest under threat--farmers must receive seed by June planting season Chris Hogg BBC News May 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Rulers keep grip on aid as Burmese cast votes New York Times May 11, 2008 More Burma stories
World Food Program completes $755 million appeal with Saudi pledge Hunger Notes May 23, 2008
Food costs push Bangladesh to brink of unrest Emily Wax Washington Post May 24, 2008
Six million Ethiopian children at risk of malnutrition as crops fail and prices rise Xan Rice The Guardian May 21, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
The global food crisis has arrived at Safia Ali’s hut. She cannot afford rice or wheat or powdered milk anymore. At the same time, a drought has decimated her family’s herd of goats, turning their sole livelihood into a pile of bleached bones and papery skin. The result is that Ms. Safia, a 25-year-old mother of five, has not eaten in a week. Her 1-year-old son is starving too, an adorable, listless boy who doesn’t even respond to a pinch. Photo: Jehad Nga/New York Times
Famine looms as wars rend Horn of Africa Jeffrey Gettleman New York Times, May 6, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Sayed Ali said he had to sell his daughter to save the rest of
his family from starvation. Photo: Parwin Arzo/IRIN
Afghanistan: "I sold my daughter to feed the rest of my family" IRIN May 18, 2008
Farmers in the Irrawaddy delta normally provide two-thirds of Burma's rice harvest. Photo: AFP
Burma's rice harvest under threat--farmers must receive seed by June planting season Chris Hogg BBC News May 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Rulers keep grip on aid as Burmese cast votes New York Times May 11, 2008 More Burma stories
Global rice prices have increased by more than 90 percent in the last year. Photo: AFP
World aid agencies faulted in food crisis for failure to support agriculture Colum Lynch Washington Post May 19, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
US using food crisis to boost bio-engineered crops Stephen J. Hedges Chicago Tribune May 14, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
U.N. food aid funds growing, but needs growing too Missy Ryan Reuters May 6, 2006 (You will leave this site.)
Bush seeks more food aid for poor countries Steven Lee Myers New York Times May 2, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
US scrambles to address world food crisis Dan Eggen Washington Post April 26, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Argentina tries to reconcile exporting food with prices at home Monte Reel Washington Post April 26, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Food crisis Is depicted as 'silent tsunami'--sharp price hikes leave many millions hungry Kevin Sullivan Washington Post April 23, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
The World Bank, IMF, and the US and other developed country governments are 'shocked, shocked' by the global food and hunger crisis: is this cluelessness or dishonesty? (Opinion) Lane Vanderslice Hunger Notes April 18, 2008
Bush releases $200 million in emergency food aid Reuters April 15, 2008 UN body urges agricultural reforms to stave off food crisis Angela Balakrishnan The Guardian April 15, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
IMF head gives food price warning BBC News April 13, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Philippines caught in rice price squeeze Blaine Harden Washington Post April 10, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Protesters ran for cover as shots rang out near the palace. Photo: AP
Hungry mobs attack Haiti's presidential palace BBC News April 8, 2008 Food riots turn deadly in Haiti BBC News April 5, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
North Koreans threatened by hunger again Choe Sang-Hun New York Times April 4, 2008
People have to wait for hours to buy 5 kg of rice at open market sale (OMS) centers in Bangladesh. Photo: Shamsuddin Ahmed/IRIN
Bangladesh: Even middle class families queue for 5 kg of subsidized rice as rice price increases by 70 percent IRIN April 4, 2006 (You will leave this site.)
In Egypt, upper crust gets the bread--shortage exposes inequities Ellen Knickmeyer Washington Post April 5, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Differing voices on a 'new deal' to counter soaring food prices for the poor IRIN April 6, 2008 World Bank urges 'new deal' to fight global hunger and malnutrition BBC News April 2, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Violent protests against rising food costs prompt Ivory Coast food import tax cuts BBC News April 2, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
A 'perfect storm' of hunger Edmund Sanders and Tracy Wilkinson Los Angeles Times April 1, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Indian government raises minimum rice export price in effort to discourage exports and control domestic food costs BBC News March 29, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Inflation hits the poor hardest as food and other basic items climb rapidly Neil Irwin and Alejandro Lazo Washington Post March 21, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Soaring food prices putting US emergency aid in peril Anthony Faiola Washington Post March 1, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Millions more face starvation because of rising food prices and large food aid budget deficit, UN says Julian Borger The Guardian February 26, 2008 UN warns over food aid rationing BBC News February 25, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Grain price increases hit poor countries BBC News February 14, 2008 (You will leave this site.)