Areas most affected by rising food prices

Map of main cereal importers.

These countries should be most affected.

Colors wouldn't be so visible. Humans understand areas much easier. For example, this is apparent that Arab Peninsula dominate continental Asia and most of remaining continent goes to South Korea.

Europe consist mainly of Iberian Peninsula, Mexico outweighs rest of Americas, Hispaniola is huge at the Caribbean.

Taiwan is bigger than South Asia and Central Asia combined.

Proposition

tl;dr

1. Spend more on food and agriculture.

2. Invest in a 21st century Green Revolution.

3. Get the basics in place.

4. Focus on small farmers.

5. Improve access to social protection.

Immediately:

1. Consider an IEA for food.

2. Improve technical assistance on long term security of supply agreements.

3. Push ahead with developed country agricultural liberalisation.

4. Integrate security of supply into global trade rules.

5. Agree on a comprehensive global deal on climate change.

Changes in IMF

They are changing their policies, because IMF is becoming irrelevant.

Under USA supremacy it was by far largest lender of the world.

This is changing, after Japan, UK, EU emerged. This was reflected by creation of G7.

Some years later this was G7 countries, which became borrowers and China, Brazil became largest lenders. Then G W Bush understood that there is need for change and G20 was born.

Today largest investment bank in China lends more money to low income and middle income countries than whole IMF. Using SDRs more than dollars and engaging in dialog with Chinese, Indians, Brazilians will guarantee that IMF become more relevant.

About self-immolation

There was something like 100 people, who set themselves ablaze last year in Afghanistan alone.

Much more in Pakistan and India.

Iran is center of deliberate self-inflicted burnings of the world with hundreds cases every year.

This is popular custom in Middle East and South Asia. Most of victims are women. They often complain about marital conflicts. There is nothing unusual in this. I'm pretty sure that you can enter today any burn center in Iran and find woman who burned herself and is now dieing.

Dictator stepping down

Well, it is always great courage to end own career and "live amongst mortals", but there could be other incentives.

Ibrahim Prize is 5 million dollar plus lifelong pension $200 000 for African leader, who will step down and give away power in democratic way.

Mubarak obviously don't deserve it, but there is not much .

Here is Jaruzelski last Polish communist leader. He is living for $1000 a month, very ill. Rather lonely and forgotten. Although he was invited for 20th anniversary of Berlin Wall Fall.

Gorbatchev made some money playing in advertisements, was still able to travel around the world.

Even Gaddafi would be welcomed in several countries after resignation.

About Algeria

Alertnet - humanitarian foundation derived from Reuters. Probably best news source.

Opinion peaces:

Integrating the Maghreb

An Arab Spring?

The Rising Sons of North Africa

Body Mass Index by country

Forrest people

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Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, also Cambodia, Burma, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, and some other countries has been contacted.
There are tens of millions people living in the forests. Their respectable governments can offer them some rudimentary healthcare, maybe some education. There is no way to deliver infrastructure to them and most of civilization depends on it.
We can say hello and leave them baseball cups. Do you think this is worth an effort?