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Egypt’s Rising Food Prices Swell Bread Lines, Deficit

Wed, 9th April, 2008 - Posted by Joshuah

Via Bloomberg.com: Exclusive

Bread is just about the only affordable food these days in Egypt, where rising commodity and energy prices have sent unsubsidized food prices up 20 percent or more in the past year. The rising cost of subsidies is damaging the government’s efforts to reduce its budget deficit.

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Category : Agriculture