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World Bank: Food prices to stay high for years

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-05-20 14:12

 

Residents of Korangi neighbourhood protest against an increase in food prices in Karachi May 16, 2008. Rating agency Standard & Poor's cut Pakistan's sovereign rating on Thursday, citing increasing pressure from expanding budget and trade deficits against a volatile political setting. [Agencies]

SINGAPORE -- The World Bank warned on Tuesday that is expects the cost of staple foods such as rice to stay high for a number of years.

World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub told reporters that the recent spike in food prices was not a short-term, temporary phenomenon that would go away within months.